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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 16, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-d <br /> SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance —Approval and Certification of <br /> 2024 Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. 2024 SAPFOTAC Annual Report Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director, 919-245- <br /> 2. Copies of Student Projection Charts 2578 <br /> Cy Stober, Director, 919-245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve and certify the 2024 Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br /> Technical Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) Report. <br /> BACKGROUND: At the December 4, 2023 Board of County Commissioners' Business meeting, <br /> the Board approved the November 15, 2023 actual membership and capacity numbers for both <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) and Orange County Schools (OCS). Additional <br /> approvals/certifications, as outlined in the table below, are required by the SAPFO partners' <br /> MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding). At the February 20, 2024 BOCC meeting, the Board <br /> received for transmittal the draft 2024 SAPFOTAC Report. A letter and the Executive Summary <br /> of the Report were sent to all SAPFO partners advising them of the availability of the draft <br /> Report and inviting comments. Comments were requested for submission by March 29, 2024. <br /> To date, no comments have been received. <br /> OREd/Woolpert Alternative Projection and Capacity Assessments <br /> As was noted in the February 20, 2024 abstract, over the past year, the County and school <br /> districts have researched alternative student enrollment projection and capacity assessments <br /> through the Operational Research and Education Laboratory (OREd) and Woolpert Inc. <br /> consultants respectively. These alternative assessments were presented to the Board for review <br /> at the January 16, 2024 Board Business meeting. These assessments are not currently utilized <br /> through the SAPFO processes, but also recognize no projected new school system capacity <br /> needs in the next 10 years. The County will run these alternative assessments in parallel to the <br /> current SAPFO projections and capacity figures for the next year. The possibility of amending <br /> the SAPFO program to utilize the alternative student enrollment projection methodology and <br /> capacity assessments is expected to be reviewed this calendar year, with possible <br /> implementation before the next cycle of SAPFO analysis. <br /> The exact pages of the 2024 SAPFOTAC Report that the BOCC will be acknowledging and <br /> certifying are listed below. The context (i.e. definitions and standards) of the various SAPFO <br /> elements precedes the data to be certified and is within the full report. <br />