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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5-~ <br />SUBJECT: Draft Interlocal Agreement with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Regarding <br />Third High School Site and Project Budget <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution <br />Draft Interlocal Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rod Visser, ext 2300 <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 receive a report on a draft interlocal agreement between Orange County and <br />the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) that would formally establish the upper limit of <br />funding that the Board of County Commissioners is willing to earmark for the purchase and <br />development of a site and construction of a proposed third high school; and to approve a <br />resolution transmitting the draft agreement to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education for <br />their comment and consideration. <br />BACKGROUND: The location and cost of a proposed third high school in the Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro School system has been the subject of discussion during numerous BOCC and <br />CHCCS meetings in recent months. At their April 24, 2003 work session, the BOCC decided <br />that if they ultimately approve the amount to be paid for the proposed Rock Haven Road site, <br />then the overall scope and capital project budget should be the subject of an interlocal <br />agreement between CHCCS and the County. <br />The general thrust of such an agreement would be to explicitly state the maximum amounts that <br />the County Commissioners are willing to fund for both the acquisition of the property (whose <br />final cost is uncertain due to the likely need to acquire it through the process of eminent <br />domain) and the overall school construction project. Any cost for either land or the overall <br />budget that exceed the established figures would have to be funded through some portion of <br />pay-as-you-go funds allocated under the County's capital funding policy for use by CHCCS. <br />CHCCS indicated preliminarily at the April 24 work session that they would be amenable to <br />entering into such an agreement. <br />The County Attorney has developed a draft interlocal agreement that would accomplish the <br />intent outlined above. The Attorney can make modifications based on BOCC feedback at this <br />meeting. Staff have prepared a resolution for the Board's consideration that would formally <br />transmit the draft agreement to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education for their review and <br />