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2.2a <br />Section 2. The towns and the county will adopt amendments to their respective ordinances, <br />in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to coordinate the approval <br />of residential", developments within the School District with the. adequacy of <br />existing and proposed school facilities. <br />Section 3. The School District will establish an administrative process to receive and take <br />action upon applications for Certificates of Adequacy of Public Schools Facilities. <br />("CAPS") submitted by developers who are required by an implementing <br />ordinance conceptually similar to that attached as Exhibit A to have such <br />certificates before obtaining development permission from the town or the county. <br />The School District will issue a CAPS for a proposed development if it concludes <br />that, given the number of school age children projected to reside in that <br />development, and considering all of the factors listed immediately below, the <br />number of students projected to attend the applicable school district elementary, <br />middle, and high school levels will not exceed the capacities noted in Section 1 of <br />this memorandum. Factors to be considered by the School District in making this <br />determination include the following: <br />a. The number of students attending elementary schools, middle schools, and <br />high schools and the building capacity at each school level. <br />b. Projected or ongoing construction of new schools or permanent expansion <br />of existing schools as planned in the adopted CIP. If the completion of such <br />school construction is necessary for a CAPS to be issued for a particulaz <br />development project, then there must be a reasonable expectation that such <br />construction will be completed in time to be of benefit to such project. A <br />"reasonable expectation" of a proposed completion date requires, at the very <br />least, that construction of a proposed new school has received all necessary <br />governmental approvals and that funding is in place, ar that such approvals <br />and funding appeaz "reasonably certain." <br />c. Projected increases in enrollment due to residential growth. The following <br />will be taken into consideration in determ;n;ng projected enrollment <br />increases: <br />(i) Single-family residential building lots that have received final plat <br />approval, or have been created by a plat exempt from subdivision <br />regulation approval, but that do not contain a completed dwelling; <br />(ii) Single-family or multi-family residential building lots far which: (1) <br />preliminary subdivision plat approval, (2) minor subdivision final plat, <br />(3) zoning compliance permit approval or special ar conditional use <br />permit approval have been granted so long as such approvals have not <br />expired; , <br />