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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2003 <br />Action AgendQ a <br />Item No. ~" ~. <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memorandum of Understanding and Ordinance <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Planning/ County Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />6/16/03 BOCC Chair Memo <br />6/25/03 County Attorney Letter <br />Explanation of Revisions (Enclosure 1) <br />Memorandum of Understanding -CHCSD <br />Memorandum of Understanding Addendum -CHCSD <br />Memorandum of Understanding - OCSD <br />Memorandum of Understanding Addendum - OCSD <br />Ordinances amending the Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance and the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations necessary to implement SAPFO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link or Rod Visser, ext. 2300 <br />Craig N. Benedict, ext. 2592 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />(336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider adoption of the revised Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memoranaa of <br />Understanding (MOUs) and ordinance. Two MOU agreements are attached -one pertaining to the <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District (CHCSD), and one pertaining to the Orange County School <br />District (OCSD). <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) adopted a previous version on December 10, 2002. <br />Changes in the Certificate of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) issuance process have been made <br />in the MOU since that time. Enclosure 1 explains the minor changes. A post December MOU <br />addendum has been added to the Chapel Hill Carrboro School District (similar to the one in the <br />Orange County School District for the middle school) to temporarily suspend the adequacy test for <br />the high school. <br />History: <br />For the past several years, the governing boards of the County, Towns and school systems as well <br />as the Schools and Land Use Councils have been discussing and developing the consensus, <br />research and regulatory framework necessary to adopt a School Adequate Public Facilities system. <br />As noted in the MOU, this process reflects the recognition of the need to work together to ensure <br />that new growth within the County's two school districts occurs at a pace that allows Orange County <br />and the school districts 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 (CIP) that is <br />financially feasible and synchronized with historical residential growth patterns. <br />The Board reviewed and discussed a wide range of documents related to school adequate public <br />facilities at their October 21, 2002 work session, and again at the October 30, 2002 meeting of the <br />