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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ?- b <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Revised Attachment A w/Addenda - INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />School Adequate Public Facilities John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Ordinance and MOU for the Orange Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />County School District and Chapel Hill- Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />Carrboro City Schools Districts TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on the revised Schools Adequate Public <br />Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) pursuant to Board of County Commissioners <br />Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Model Ordinance approved on December <br />10, 2002. <br />BACKGROUND: For the past several years, the governing boards of the County, <br />Towns and school systems have been discussing the possible adoption of a School <br />Adequate Public Facilities system. As noted in the MOU, the governing boards <br />recognized the need to work together to ensure that new growth within the County's <br />two school districts occurs at a pace that allows Orange County and the school <br />systems to provide adequate school facilities to serve the children within new <br />developments. It is also important to continue to maintain a Capital Investment Plan <br />(CIP) that is financially feasible and synchronized with historical growth patterns. <br />The Board reviewed and discussed a wide range of documents related to school <br />adequate public facilities at their October 21, 2002 work session, and again at the <br />October 30, 2002 meeting of the Assembly of Governments. The Board further <br />discussed schools adequate public facilities at the November 19, 2002 meeting and <br />then gave approval of the MOU at the December 10, 2002 meeting. The Planning <br />Board had previously recommended approval of the MOU and model ordinance on <br />May 1, 2002.