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4 <br />DRAFT <br />Revised following 8/17/00 task force meeting and includes Superintendents' comments <br />Revised <br />9/07/00 <br />~N ~ w,~ . <br />~': <br />.•.' <br />2. Site Standards <br />Tn accordance with North Carolina State Statutes, a local board of education cannot execute a <br />contract nor expend funds to purchase' a facility site without the consent of the local board of <br />county commissioners. As each school system in Orange County plans for future school-related <br />facilities, it is important that they adhere to the following guidelines related to the potential <br />acquisition, either by purchase or donation, of a site, in addition to any siting criteria they may <br />have established internally: <br />Patential Sites -The Board of Education is to notify the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners, in writing, whenever ,they have tentatively identified a potential <br />school site for purchase, or if a potential donor indicates interest in donating a site to <br />the system. The written correspondence should provide the following information for <br />Commissioner consideration: <br />• Location, including tax map numbers, of the potential site; <br />• Opportunities for additional facilities to be co-located as a park site, as <br />outlined in the "Memorandum of Agreement for Providing Coordinated Site <br />and Facility Planning"; <br />• The availability of public utilities at or in close proximity to the site; <br />• If a donated site: <br />• Any knowledge of a donor's plans for adjacent development; <br />Concern: <br />Ensuring that the • Special considerations or expectations the donor may have <br />entire Board of referenced in initial discussions pertaining to the donation; <br />Commissioners is <br />aware of talks Upon receipt of the Board of Education's notification, the Commissioners <br />and potential <br />sites from the will appoint, by a majority vote of the Board, a representative to work <br />beginning; avoid directly with the Board of Education. As a partner with the school system, <br />"surprises" in the the Commissioner representative will receive information and provide input <br />end <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />Policy on Plannins and Funding School Capital Projects <br />