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.~ • (a. <br />MEMQRANDUM QF UNDERSTANDING <br />This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into this day of , 2000, <br />by and between the Town of ,the City of ,Orange County, and the <br />(the "School District"). <br />WHEREAS, the. portion of Orange County, served by the [name of school district] has <br />for the past decade been experiencing rapid growth in population; and <br />WHEREAS, this growth, and that which is anticipated, creates a demand for additional <br />school facilities to accommodate the children who reside within new developments; and <br />WHEREAS, the responsibility for planning for and constructing new school facilities lies <br />primarily with the (Orange County School District or Chapel <br />Hill/Carrboro School District), with funding provided by Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, ,Orange County and the School District have <br />recognized the need to work together to ensure that new growth within the School District occurs <br />at a pace that allows Orange County and the School District to provide adequate school facilities <br />to serve the children within such new developments; <br />WHEREAS, pazties have worked cooperatively and developed a system wherein school <br />facilities aze currently adequate to meet the needs of the citizens of the county and will continue <br />to maintain a Capital Investment Plan (CIP) that is financially feasible and synchronized with <br />historical growth patterns; <br />NOW, THEREFORE,~the parties to this memorandum hereby agree as follows: <br />Section 1. The parties will work cooperatively to develop a realistic capital facilities <br />program for~the construction of schools such that, from the effective date of this <br />Memorandum; <br />a. No school level (i.e. elementary, middle or high) is more than <br />1. Elementary School % of Building Capacity <br />2. Middle School % of Building Capacity <br />3. High School % of Building Capacity <br />(% limit of capacity may vary for each level and/or if number of schools <br />within a level is very low) <br />b. The term "the school districts building capacity" will be determined by State <br />guidelines and the school district guidelines (consistent with CIP School <br />Construction Guidelines/policies developed by the school districts and the <br />Boazd of County Commissioners) and as used herein refers to permanent <br />buildings. Mobile classrooms and other temporary student accommodating <br />classroom spaces are not permanent buildings and may not be counted in <br />determining the school districts building capacity. <br />c. The capital facilities program shall utilize a projected growth rate for student <br />enrollment agreed upon by the parties, which growth rate may differ from <br />