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( l of 4) DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR PROVIDING COORDINATED SITE AND FACILITY PLANNING This agreement between the Orange County and Chapel Hill/ Carrboro Boards of.Education and the governing Boards of Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough is intended to establish and implement a coordinated site and facility planning process for schools and compatible government facilities . The purpose of the coordinated planning process is to share information among the parties to the agreement, optimize the collocation and use of schools and other public facilities in a way that builds community, provides public services where they are most needed, assures the compatibility of collocated services, and efficiently uses public . resources. This agreement recognizes the existence of two school districts - the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School District and the - Orange County School District - and a Schools and Land Use Council for each* district . Decisions on collocation of facilities in the . Chapel Hill/Carrboro School District may involve the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Board of Education and any or all of the following units of local government : the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and Orange County . Decisions on collocation of facilities .in the Orange County School District may involve the Orange County Board of Education and one, or both; of the following units of local government : the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County. Wherever possible, agreement/cooperation across school district lines shall be pursued . . To further these goals, the Orange County and Chapel Hill/ Carrboro Boards of Education and the governing Boards of Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough do hereby agree to the following separate and shared responsibilities for coordinated facility planning to the extent that it does not delay time critical construction of either school or government facilities . These statements of responsibilities are intended to be consistent with all applicable laws . and regulations ; where they are not, they are superseded by those applicable laws and regulations . Spec* ifically, . this agreement is not intended to supersede the statutory authority of either Board of Education to select school sites or to build, maintain or repair school facilities or . the other governing Boards to approve the amounts to be spent for sites and -to determine the funds available for school and county or municipal facilities . This agreement does not supersede local government planning and zoning authority and/or land use planning and zoning requirements . I . The Orange County and/or Chapel Hill/Carrboro Boards of.Education . will : oL A: Identify appropriate site criteria for public school facilities ; and Be Identify interior and exterior space and exterior site requirements for school facilities ; and C . Begin a planning process after the internal/external space needs for collocated facilities are determined ; and