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2 For the last three years, the Board has postponed formal adoption of a long-range capital plan for a variety of reasons, including the budget crisis caused by State revenue reductions two years ago and the budgetary uncertainties derived therefrom ever since. Instead of adopting the entire long-range plan, the Board has chosen to approve funding, by individual capital project ordinances, in the first year of each plan without affirming projects included in years two through ten of the plan, The unadopted CIP, as reflected in the Manager's Recommended CIP document, has served as a general guide for future capital project planning instead, with no specific funding appropriations made except for those in the then-current fiscal year, The mutual approval of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) in the summer of 2003 by the County, Towns, and school systems places a responsibility on the BOCC to formally adopt aten-year Capital Investment Plan that addresses identified needs based on projected student membership and school capacities. This requirement heightens the need for the BOCC to affirm long-range projects to indicate to our SAPFO partners -the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, along with both school boards -that concrete plans are in place to ensure that adequate additional school capacity will be brought on line in a timely way that satisfies the provisions of SAPFO, Attachments to this abstract include tables of County and School projects that were included in the Recommended 2003-13 CIP, The tables are footnoted to reflect the degree (full, partial, or none) to which designated funding for each project has already been appropriated for FY 2003- 04 by means of a BOCC-approved capital project ordinance, The tables also reflect several changes that the Board discussed and agreed to since May 2003, For example, CHCCS High School #3 was included in the CHCCS Board of Education Approved CIP at approximately $33.6 million, Since the Board of Education submitted that particular request, the BOCC has agreed to fund the school at $27,8 million for land and construction plus an additional $2,2 million (assuming the BOCC and Board of Education reach agreement on the implementation of an appropriate set of "smart growth initiatives") that would increase the total budget of the phase 1 high school project to $30 million, Staff have prepared a table showing a "tiered" approach to GIP adoption that may be helpful to the Board, if time to address this topic is limited at this meeting, Following BOCC discussion and direction, staff will prodtace and distribute (in accordance with the SAPFO Memoranda of Understanding) copies of an adopted CIP document that reflects the updated list of long-range projects to be included far the 2003-13 planning period, While disa~ssion at this BOCC meeting is focused on finalizing the 2003-2013 CIP, staff have also begun development of the Manager's 2004-14 Recommended CIP, The calendar below outlines planned milestones related to the 2004-14 CIP process: May 5, 2004 Manager's Recommended 2004-14 County Capital Investment Plan presented to BOCC as art of Bud et Work Session May 20, 2004 Manager's Recommended 2004-14 School Capital Investment Plan presented to BOCC following presentation of Manager's Recommended 2004-05 O eratin Bud et