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.M. - - - ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May, 29, 2001 Action Agenda Item No. 3 a c~ ~R_~~r_T~ eP-3-01 -Identification of Potential School Sites in the Com ensive Plan DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: - Sec. IV-B-7-a-1, Subdivision Regs. Craig Benedict, ext 2592 - Proposed Plan Text Amendments Gene Bell, ext 2589 - Criteria fior Selecting Potential Sites TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - Listing of Potential School Sites Hillsborough 732-8181 -Maps of Potential Sites Chapel Hill 968-4501 - Notification Materials Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive public comment an a proposal to designate potential public school sites in the Land. Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. BACKGROUND: Section IV-B-7-a-1 of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations establishes a method for the reservation of potential school sites. This provision has been available since 1986, but unused because there have been no sites in the plan. Recently the pace and scale of residential development has been such that reservation of potential school sites is a prudent action. To utilize this provision potential school sites must first be designated in the adapted Comprehensive Plan. Over the last few years the acreage being consumed by subdivisions and the number of lots being created has prompted a reassessment of the need to identify potential school sites. Large subdivisions have a twofold effect: 1) they reduce the supply of potential school sites, and 2) as mare and larger subdivisions are developed and populated by families with school-age children, the lag time between completion of aCounc Is havendiscussed this ssute along with omes shorter. The Schools and Land Use consideration of a Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance and endorse the concept of designating potential school sites in the Plan. The proposal also helps with the creation of joint park/school sites. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time. However, if the amendment is adopted and through the existing process a reserved site is chosen for a new school, acquisition costs would be incurred. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Administration recommends acceptance of staff and public input into the public hearing records and transmittal to the Planning Board far recommendation back to the Board of County Commissioners no sooner than August 21, 2001.