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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 28, 2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 1 <br />SUBJECT: Coun /OCS /CHCCS Discussion/Policy Issues <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />As listed in Background" John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300; <br />Donna Dean, ext 2151; Craig Benedict, <br />ext 2592; Rosie Summers, ext 2411 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss various issues with policy and/ or financial implications that are of <br />current interest to the Orange County Commissioners, Orange County Board of Education, <br />and /or Chapel Hill - Carrboro Board of Education. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />a) Capital Needs Advisory Task Force Process <br />In January 2001, the Board of Commissioners created a Capital Needs Advisory Task Force.to <br />review identified school and County capital needs, and to develop recommendations regarding <br />the scope, elements, cost, and priorities of projects that should be included in the planned <br />November 2001 bond referendum. Appointments to this task force were made in February, <br />and the group held its first meeting on March 14. The group will meet every week or two until <br />the middle of May, and will present its report to the BOCC before the end of May. Task force <br />members from the BOCC and the. two school boards may wish to offer comments or answer <br />questions from other elected officials about the process. <br />No Attachments <br />b) November 2001 Bond Referendum <br />The identified capital needs of both school systems will be presented to the Capital Needs <br />Advisory Task Force during that group's next two meetings. As noted above, their <br />recommendations are scheduled for presentation to the BOCC in May. The Commissioners <br />will deliberate and decide in June the amounts to be included on the ballot for various <br />purposes (e.g. schools, land for parks and open space, public buildings, etc). County staff will <br />review the major steps leading up to the November bond vote, including procedural steps <br />required by the Local Government Commission. <br />No Attachments <br />