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i <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 15, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5- i <br />SUBJECT: Approval of County Capital Project Ordinances <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Attachment 1, County Capital Project INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Ordinances (Under Donna Dean 245-2151 <br />Separate Cover) <br />PURPOSE: To approve County capital project ordinances for fiscal year 2005-06.. <br />BACKGROUND: On June 21, 2005, the Manager presented his recommended 2005-15 <br />Capital Investment Plan (CIP) for the County as well as both School systems. While the Board <br />discussed the plans during budget deliberations throughout June, there were a number of <br />capital and debt related matters that the Board chose to discuss further at a fall 2005 work <br />session. To that end, Commissioners approved some Level 1 county and school capital <br />projects for fiscal year 2005-06 on June 23, 2005 and delayed action on other capital matters <br />until fall 2005. <br />Many capital project ordinances approved by the Board in June did not involve new funding <br />appropriations but merely extended the project timelines through June 30, 2005. Other projects <br />received new funding for the current fiscal year, and the County, along with each school system, <br />needed funding appropriations in place in order to accomplish work during summer 2005, <br />At their regular meeting on October 18, 2005, the Board of Commissioners approved all <br />remaining Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County Schools' capital project ordinances for fiscal <br />year 2005-06. Remaining County capital project ordinances were also prepared and presented <br />at the October 18 meeting, but Commissioners had questions about some of the ordinances <br />and asked staff to review and confirm funding allocations for County projects for fiscal year <br />2005-06, The Budget staff has completed the review and the Budget Director has confirmed <br />that the County project ordinances being presented at this time accurately reflect the current <br />fiscal year allocations for Level 1 projects in accordance with the amounts approved by the <br />Board at its September 13, 2005 work session. <br />As a point of clarification, in accordance with the Board's adopted School Planning and Funding <br />Policy, Level 1 projects are those that involve a relatively small scope of work, while Level 2 <br />projects include those projects that require several phases to complete. Staff will bring back <br />capital project ordinances for Level 2 school and county projects at the appropriate times over <br />the life of the major projects. Examples of Level 2 projects include OCS Gravelly Hill Middle <br />School (formerly OCS Middle School #3), CHCCS High School #3, Justice Facility and Orange <br />County Satellite Campus of Durham Technical Community College. <br />