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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~~ <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) -Approval of <br />Annual Certifications <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Budget/Planning/ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Revised Draft SAPFOTAC Annual Report Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />(under separate cover) Donna Dean, ext 2151 <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve various certifications related to student membership and capacity of <br />the Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Gity Schools (CHCCS) as of <br />November 15, 2003, as outlined in the revised draft Annual Report of the SAPFO Technical <br />Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) and the incorporated forms. <br />BACKGROUND: As discussed in a report on this topic at the May 4, 2004 BOCC meeting, <br />the County and its SAPFO partners are required annually to review and certify the actual <br />number of students attending school in both school systems each November 15. There is also <br />a requirement to certify the building capacity available in each system at the elementary, middle <br />and high school levels. <br />The SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee, comprised of representatives of both school <br />systems and the Planning Directors of the County and Towns, also is tasked to produce an <br />annual report for the governing boards of each SAPFO partner outlining changes in <br />membership, capacity, student projections, and their collective impacts on the future issuance <br />of Certificates of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) to requesting developers. <br />As noted by the Board at the May 4 meeting, there is agreement among the SAPFO partners <br />about mast of the figures subject to annual certification. As requested by the Board, staff have <br />brought this topic back to this meeting so the Board can approve the SAPFO-related <br />certifications, which the Planning Director will point out in the revised SAPFOTAC draft annual <br />report. As noted in the Executive Summary of that report, these certifications include: <br />