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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. 4 <br />SUBJECT: County/OCS/CHCCS Informational Reports _ <br />DEPARTMENT: OCS/CHCCS/Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />As listed in "Background" Neil Pedersen, 967-8211 <br />Barry Jacobs; 732-4941 <br />-_ -- - - - ---Donna Dean, ext 2`i 51 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham fi$8-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive reports from staff /elected officials regarding several school related <br />issues. <br />BACKGROUND: This portion of the meeting provides an opportunity for the three elected <br />boards to receive updates on the topics noted below. As time permits, the Boards may wish to <br />discuss same or all of these topics, and to identify any points that staffs may need to research <br />and bring back as the subject of subsequent reports. <br />a. Status of CHCCS Overcrowding and Projections <br />No Attachments <br />b. Status of Smith Middle School Construction and Opening Date <br />No Attachments <br />c. National Trust for Historic Preservation <br />During meetings of the Smart Growth Commission in recent months, there has been discussion <br />of factors that contribute to the problem of urban sprawl. One concern raised has been the <br />difficulty of acquiring large sites needed for schools in accordance with the acreage guidelines <br />established by the State Department of Public Instruction (DPI). School systems often have to <br />look for these sites further and further out from the center of the urban area as there are <br />relatively fewer large acreage tracts available in or near urban centers. <br />