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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 4, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. -b <br />SUBJECT: Student Population Projections / Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />Memorandum of Understanding <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections/ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Budget/County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />SAPFO MOU Addendum for the Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro City Schools <br />CHCCS and OCS Student Projection Tables <br />(to be presented at meeting) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />Donna Dean, ext 2151 <br />Rod Visser or John Link, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To discuss two topics related to schools adequate public facilities: 1) <br />updated student membership projections; and 2) an amendment suggested by the <br />Town of Chapel Hill to the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) <br />Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that was approved by the Orange County <br />Commissioners on December 10, 2002. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Student Population Projections <br />An integral part of the schools adequate public facilities system among the County, <br />Towns, and school systems is a process for producing annual updates to projections <br />of future student membership. These projections serve as the foundation for the <br />development of the school portion of the County's ten-year Capital Investment Plan <br />(CIP). In accordance with the procedures established in the MOU, a technical <br />committee comprised of County and Town planners and school representatives has <br />updated student membership projections by applying actual student membership <br />figures as of November 15, 2002 to the agreed upon projection models. The resulting <br />figures have been compiled into tables that reflect projected student membership <br />against certified capacities (at the elementary, middle, and high school levels) and <br />MOU-established Levels of Service (LOS). Staff representatives of each SAPFO <br />partner have been asked to certify in writing that these are the figures that all parties <br />will use for school capital planning purposes for the next year. County staff will <br />present the updated projection figures at this February 4 meeting, outline some of the <br />major implications of the figures, respond to Board auestions. and conduct additional