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Appendix 5 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR PROVIDING COORDINATED FACILITY PLANNING This agreement between the Orange County and / or Chapel Hill / Carrboro Boards of Education and the governing Boards of Orange County and / or the Towns of Chapel Hill and / or Carrboro is intended to establish and implement a coordinated site and facility planning process for schools and certain government • IF facilities . The purpose of the coordinated planning process is to 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 . To further these goals , the Orange County and / or Chapel Hill / Carrboro Boards of Education and the governing Boards of Orange County and / or the Towns _ of Chapel ' -Hill and / or Carrboro do hereby agree to the following separate and shared responsibilities for coordinated facility planning to the extent that it does not delay necessary 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responsibilities are intended to be consistent with all applicable laws and regulations ; where they are not , they are superseded by those applicable laws and regulations . Specifically , this agreement is not intended to supersede the statutory authority of either Hoard 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 . The Orange Courfty and / or Chapel Hill / Carrboro Boards of Education will : NO * Identify app- ropriate site criteria for public school facilities ; and * Identify interior space and exterior site requirements ' for school facilities , and * Recommend school facility priorities , timetables for completion , and related funding needs ; and * Determine the most appropriate means of managing the construction , renovation , or repair of public school facilities , within the funding available for these activities ; and * Assign to the superintendent the responsibility of providing the necessary staffing and other resources to participate in a joint facility planning process .