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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 13, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. ~ - (~ SUBJECT• Adoption of 2003-2013 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y!N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 2003-13 Manager's Recommended CIP (previously distributed) Table - "Tier Approach to CIP" INFORMATION CONTACT: Tables - 10 Year County/School John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 Project Summaries Donna Dean, ext 2151 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: (This agenda topic was previously Hillsborough 732-8181 scheduled but not addressed due to time Chapel Hill 968-4501 constraints at the 03/Q4/04 and 1)3/16/04 Durham 688-7331 BOCC meetings) Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider formal adoption of Orange County's 2003-2013 Capital Investment Plan (CIP). BACKGROUND: The County's Capital Investment Plan serves as a planning tool that provides a mechanism to forecast long-range future capital needs for both school districts and the County. Orange County's long-range plan covers aten-year period. Annually, staff and the Board consider many factors as they update the CIP including funding availability, newly identified BOCC priorities, and student membership projections. Historically, the Manager has presented the recommended County and School CIP to the BOCC in late spring. As the Board reviews the recommended long-range plan, there is opportunity to discuss projects and adjust the proposed plan, if necessary, before adoption in June. It is important to note that while the BOCC formally adopts along-range plan each year, the CIP is a "living document" that the Board can amend at any time. Each year, staff and the Board of County Commissioners take the opportunity to re-assess previously identified needs to determine if future needs remain the same as those outlined in past approved plans or to determine if needs and priorities have changed and accordingly, that revisions to the previous CIP are in order. It is far easier to project needs in the early years of the ten-year plan than it is for the outlying years of the plan. While project timelines may shift slightly from year to year, for the most part, immediate capital needs do not normally change significantly. On the other hand, changes in the C,ounty's needs and priorities may prompt changes to the plan both in the near and longer range future.