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MARGARET W. BROWN, CHAIR ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ALICE M. GORDON, I~/CE CHAR POST OFFICE BOX 81 81 <br />MOSES CAREY, JR. <br />STEPHEN H.!-/AUaorrs 200 SOUTH CAMERON STREET <br />BARRYJACOBS <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />®/~4i~\\ <br />fN <br />~ ~..~_/i <br />\th agaco~. <br />TO: The Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />The Honorable Mike Nelson, Mayor, Town of Carrboro and Board of <br />Aldermen <br />The Honorable Kevin Foy, Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill <br />Town Council <br />The Honorable Valerie Foushee, Chair, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of <br />Education and Board Members <br />The Honorable Joe Phelps, Mayor, Town of Hillsborough and Board of <br />Commissioners <br />The Honorable Brenda Stephens, Chair, Orange County Board of <br />Education and Board Members <br />FROM: Margaret Brown, Chair, Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />DATE: June 16 2003 <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memorandum of Understanding and <br />Ordinance (JUNE 2003 REVISED) <br />COPIES: Schools and Land Use Councils Members, School Facilities Task Force <br />Members, School Superintendents, County and Town Managers, <br />Attorneys, Planning Directors <br />On December 10, 2002 the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) unanimously <br />recommended approval and forwarding of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memorandum <br />of Understanding (MOU) and model Ordinance (Schools APFO) to the respective local <br />governments and school boards. There have been a few revisions since then, prepared by a <br />group of Planning Directors, Attorneys, School Representatives (PDASR), to address recent <br />issues (since late February of this year), which are explained herein. The four-year process of <br />developing these documents has been an important and progressive collaboration of many <br />parties to create a policy and ordinance that will help maintain the high quality of education that <br />serves as a linchpin to the quality of life in Orange County. <br />The amendments are minor and an item by item annotation of these changes are enclosed. <br />(See Enclosure No. 1 entitled "Explanation of Revisions to the Schools Adequate Public <br />Facilities Memorandum of Understanding and Ordinance" from the June 4, 2003 Planning <br />Directors, Attorneys, School Representatives work group) <br />www. co. orange. nc. us <br />Protecting and preserving -People, Resources, Quality of Life <br />Orange County, North Carolina -You Count! <br />(919) 245-2130 • FAX (919) 644-0246 <br />