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ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 30, 2003 SUBJECT: Assembly of Governments Discussion Items DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): As noted in "Background" section INFORMATION CONTACT: Rod Visser or Greg Wilder, ext 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss topics of mutual interest among the governing boards of Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. BACKGROUND: 1. Potential Impacts Resulting from a Possible Merger of the Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools In accordance with a Board of Commissioner goal for calendar year 2003, County staff prepared a report with analysis of potential financial, organizational, and legal implications that might arise from the possible merger of the County's two school systems. County staff will provide a brief synopsis of the major findings, as first presented at the September 15 work session of the Orange County Commissioners. The entire staff report is voluminous, and therefore is not provided in hard copy as an attachment to this abstract. However, the report in its entirety may be reviewed online at the Orange County website (www.co.orange.nc.us). Public hearings on the topic of potential school merger have been established by the BOCC for October 16 and 23, 2003. No Attachments 2. "Smart Growth" Principles Related to School Design and Construction During Summer 2003, the Board of Commissioners and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education approved an interlocal agreement between the County and CHCCS that established the anticipated budget and other considerations related to the project to design and build a third high school in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro system. The BOCC determined that they would provide $27.8 million in capital funding for this project. The BOCC also indicated that they would