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APPROVED 9119/02 SCHOOL FACILITIES TASK FORCE MINUTES May 30, 2002 MEMBERS ATTENDING: Keith Cook , Gloria Faley, Alice Gordon, Lisa Stuckey, Dana Thompson STAFF ATTENDING: Craig Benedict, Randy Bridges, Donna Dean, John Link, Bill Mullin, Kathy Osborne, Steve Scroggs, Rod Visser Meeting Chaired by Alice Gordon The May 30 meeting agenda was accepted as prepared. Rod Visser explained the general siting considerations that are listed in the school.construction standards. Staff will later distribute those. Location considerations mentioned include: utilities, access, public transportation, density (as relates to source of the student body), master planning process for phasing, land availability (increasing scarcity of suitable parcels). Alice Gordon explained Schools and Land Use Council (SLUG) discussion of possible school sites-Chapel Hill has some potential school sites on their comprehensive plan but it is unknown whether they will work. Carrboro uses a different process—they have listed as potential school sites the land the County has bought. Craig Benedict explained that in unincorporated Orange County, there were about 60 potential sites identified —those need to be narrowed to reflect acreage needs, so that the County comprehensive plan can include some appropriate potential school site designations. Keith Cook noted that 2/3 of sites had to be eliminated because of lack of water and sewer. Dana Thompson asked for a summary of the water summit discussion. She thinks it is important to know what roads are in place so there will be easy access to get children to the parcel the school would go on. Gloria Faley noted that in terms of potential of shared sites, Efland wouldn't work well for CHCCS. It is important to identify early on whether a school site really is suitable. Alice noted the need to work together to be more proactive to identify sites, even in lean budget times. She noted the previous creation by the Board of Commissioners of the school/park reserve fund. The constraint in OCS seems to be infrastructure, in CHCCS it's availability of land. Craig explained that software exists that can help identify school sites based on student locations and plans reflecting likely future development.