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DRAFT Revised 9,-`07100 2. Site Standards In accordance with North Carolina State Statutes, a local board of education cannot execute a contract nor expend funds to purchase a facility site without the consent of the local board of county commissioners. As each school system in Orange County plans for future school-related facilities, it is important that they adhere to the following guidelines related to the potential acquisition, either by purchase or donation, of a site, in addition to any siting criteria they may have established internally: Pote7~tial Sites -The Board of Education is to notify the Orange County Board of Cotnmissioners, in writing, whenever they have tentatively identified a potential school site for purchase, or if a potential donor indicates interest in donating a site to the system. The written correspondence should provide the following information for Commissioner consideration: • Location, including tax map numbers, of the potential site; • Opportunities for additional facilities to be co-located as a park site, as outlined in the "Memorandum of Agreement for Providing Coordinated Site and Facility Planning"; • The availability of public utilities at or in close proximity to the site; • If a donated site: • Any knowledge of a donor's plans for adjacent development; Concern: Ensuring that the • Special considerations or expectations the donor may have entire Board of referenced in initial discussions pertaining to the donation; Commissioners is aware of tallcs Upon receipt of the Board of Education's notification, the Commissioners and potential will appoint, by a majority vote of the Board, a representative to work sites from the beginning; avoid directly with the Board of Education. As a partner with the school system, "surprises" in the the Commissioner representative ~~~ill receive information and provide input end Page 2 of 7 Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects