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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 2, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. r~ -' <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): <br />Revised Draft SAPFOTAC Annual Report <br />Revisions Made to SAPFOTAC Report <br />(both sent under separate cover) <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />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 />PURPOSE: To approve various certifications related to student membership and capacity of <br />the Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHGGS) 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 and May 18, 2004 BOCG <br />meetings, the County and its SAPFO partners are required annually to review and certify the <br />actual number of students attending school in both school systems each November 15. There <br />is also a requirement to certify the building capacity available in each system at the elementary, <br />middle and high school levels. <br />The SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee, comprised of representatives of bath 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 (an increase from the previous year of 313 students in CHCCS and 143 students <br />in OCS), capacity, student projections, and their collective impacts on the future issuance of <br />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. <br />