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Orange County Capital Needs Advisory Task Force Report to the Board of County Commissioners June 12, 2009 BACKGROUND In Febnaary 2001, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners appointed a 27- member Orange County Capital Needs Advisory Task Force. The primary purposes of the Task Force were to review multiple proposed projects which had been identified by various entities and to recommend to the Board of County Commissioners the preferred elements and size of the planned November 2001 bond referendum. The Board of County Commissioners charged the Capital Needs .Advisory Task Force with the following: -- • Review the immediate needs for new schools in the 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), as identified by the Orange County and Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools • Review the capital needs identified by County departments in requests submitted for the 2001 2011 CIP • Familiarize itself with long range school capital funding policies as adopted by the Board of Commissioners • Familiarize itself with recommendations developed by the School Constnaction Standards Task Force, the Space Needs Task Force, the Affordable Housing Task Force, the Community College Task Force, the Library Task Force, and the Master Aging Plan (MAP) • Familiarize .itself with the Lands Legacy Program and future recommendations and plans • Confirm the need for, and timing of, new school construction projects, considering current and projected student populations • Provide recommendations on the possible elements of a November 2001 bond referendum with the items listed in orcier of importance from most important to less important • Provide recommended sizes and estimated costs for each bond referendum element recommended by the Task Force as well as any portion of the costs shared by the proposing/recommending entities • Ensure that each recommended element complies with the appropriate adopted policies of Orange County for Joint Capital Facilities Development, the Orange