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Orange County Board of Commissioners -June 2, 2004 Meeting Agenda Addition to Item Sf Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) -Approval of Annual Certifcations MEMORANDUM To: BOCC and Manager From: Alice Gordon Subject: Overview of Commissioner Gordon's Suggested Revisions to the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) Annual Report Date:.Tune 1, 2004 Copy to Craig Benedict On May 25, 2004 I sent a rather informal fax to Craig Benedict giving my comments and suggested revisions to the SAPFO report, FIis reply was given in the document, "Revisions made in the SAPFOTAC report by the Orange County Planning Depaztment in response to Commissioner Cordon's May 25, 2004 Fax." Since my handwritten comments may not be entirely clear, I am indicating below the basic issues that were addressed in my fax. There aze also some suggestions for the future. I. 2004 SAPFOTAC Executive Summary A, Five Year Comparison of Student Membership Projections The "5 year out Snapshot Comparison," which is Item IhC on page i, needed to be clearly labeled as an increase or decrease m projections between the prior year and the current year, However, in the future, I think it would be more important to provide a summary chart showing how many student seats are available (unused) and how many are needed. What we need to highlight in the Executive Summary is the most basic data concerning whether there will be a need to create more capacity during the next few years. Accordingly, I have made a chart for the five-year planning period, and included it as page 3 of this memo. I thought it was helpful to show the data in both chart and baz graph form, My suggestion for the SAPFO report is that we should produce the same baz graphs for the current student projections that the budget office has produced in the past. B, Increase or Decrease in the Growth Rate Item B on page ii deals with the direction of the growth rate for each level (Elementary, Middle, and High School) and both school districts, The information was originally presented in a confusing way, but now the report indicates that in five of the six cases, the growth rate was positive (increasing), and describes the increase or decrease in the rate. In one case, Orange County Middle Schools (OCMS), the four-yeaz growth rate was negative (decreasing), though the decrease has become more gradual.