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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 19, 2002 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: School Adequate Public Facilities <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />School Adequate Public Facilities <br />Memorandum of Understanding <br />Exhibit A -School Adequate Public <br />Facilities Ordinance <br />Decision Matrix of MOU Elements <br />School Adequate Public Facilities MOU <br />and Ordinance Possible <br />Implementation Timeline <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the proposed School Adequate Public Facilities <br />Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and model Ordinance (SAPFO). <br />BACKGROUND: For the past several years, the governing boards of the County, <br />Towns and school systems have been discussing the possible adoption of a School <br />Adequate Public Facilities system. As noted in the MOU, that reflects the recognition <br />of the need to work together to ensure that new growth within the County's two school <br />districts occurs at a pace that allows Orange County and the school systems to <br />provide adequate school facilities to serve the children within new developments. It is <br />also important to continue to maintain a Capital Investment Plan (CIP) that is <br />financially feasible and synchronized with historical growth patterns. <br />The Board reviewed and discussed a wide range of documents related to school <br />adequate public facilities at their October 21, 2002 work session, and again at the <br />October 30, 2002 meeting of the Assembly of Governments. Of particular import was <br />the MOU Decision Matrix, which the Planning Director used to explain the major <br />decision points for each jurisdiction that will be considering implementation of the MOU <br />and Ordinance. <br />The School Facilities Task Force recently met, with the County Attorney in attendance, <br />and proceeded to make recommendations on all issues. The recommendations are <br />consistent with similar issues addressed by the Schools and Land Use Councils in <br />June and October 2002. The issue that required the most discussion and scrutiny by <br />all parties was how to initiate the Ordinance without inducing a defacto development <br />moratorium while maintaining equity of standards between the two school systems. <br />The defacto moratorium would have only affected the Orange County School District <br />