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l~ <br />class on the date membership is determined as a result of siclaress or some <br />other temporary reason me included in school membership figures. Each <br />year the School District shall transmit its school membership to the parties <br />to this agreement no later than five (5) school days after November 15. <br />Within fifteen (15) school days after receiving the school membership <br />calculations from the School District, the Board of Comity Connnissioners <br />shall approve the School District's school membership calculations. <br />b. For purposes of this Memorandum, "building capacity" will be determined <br />by reference to State guidelines mid the Sahool District guidelines <br />(consistent with CTP Sahool Constr°uction Guidelines/policies developed <br />by the School District and the Board of County Commissioners) and will <br />be determined by a ,joint action of the School Board and the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners. As used herein the tenrr building <br />capacity" refers to permanent buildings. Mobile classrooms and other <br />tempormy student accommodating classroom spaces are not permanent <br />buildings and may not be counted in determining the school districts <br />building capacity. The School District shall trmTSmit its building capacity <br />to the parties to this agreement no later than five (5) school days after <br />November 15. Within fifteen (IS) school days after receiving the building <br />capacity calculations from the School District, the Board of County <br />Commissioners shall approve the School District's building capacity <br />calculations. <br />c. Prior to the adoption of the ordinances referenced in Section 2, the parties <br />shall reach agreement on the following: <br />(i) A Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that will achieve the <br />objectives of this Memorandum; <br />(ii) A projected growth rate for student membership within the School <br />District's tluee school levels during the ten year life of the C1P; <br />(iii) A methodology for determining the projected growth rate for <br />student membership; and <br />(iv) The number of students at each level expected to be generated by <br />each new housing type (i.e., the "student generation rate"). <br />d. After the adoption of the ordinances referenced in Section 2, the Orange <br />County Board of Connnissioners may change the projected student <br />membership growth rate, the methodology used to determine this rate, or <br />the student generation rate if the Board concludes that such a change is <br />necessary to predict growth more accurately, Before malting may such <br />change, the Board shall receive and consider the recommendation of a <br />staff committee consisting of the plamling directors of the Town(s) and the <br />County and a representative of the School District appointed by the <br />Superintendent. The committee shall provide, in a timely mmmer, a copy <br />of its recommnendation to the governing boards of the other parties to this <br />memorandum at the time it provides such reconunendation to the Board of <br />H:\DEPTS\SCHOOLS\schooisAPFO\apprMOUchccs062303 dot 2 <br />