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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 10, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Le al Advertisement for Special Public Hearing on January 21, 2003 DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) NO ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed Legal Advertisement INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 Robert P. Davis, Planner III, ext 2580 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive authorization to submit a legal advertisement for publication for a special public hearing to be held on January 21, 2003. BACKGROUND: A special public hearing is recommended to receive additional comment on the following item. Staff is available to research and answer questions prior to the public hearing. A. SCHOOLS ADEQUATE PUBLIC FACILITIES ORDINANCE Purpose: Residential growth has increased sharply in Orange County over the past decade, in large part due to the well known quality of the public schools in the county. Concern has been expressed by elected officials that overcrowding in the schools could jeopardize the quality education that is a linchpin of the quality of life in Orange County. In 1999, a joint committee of staff members from the County and Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough and both school districts began the process of designing ways to maintain proper levels of service by synchronizing residential growth with educational capital facilities. This committee began to look at the issue of linking new development to the capacity of schools as a way to help ensure quality schools in Orange County. From this committee was developed a Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)and model ordinance. This MOU and ordinance have been refined through previous public input including a public hearing conducted in Orange County on November 27, 2000 and other subsequent public hearings. Based upon recommendations from public comment, the Joint Schools and Land Use Council has amended the MOU and ordinance into its current form.