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Agenda Item 2
POSSIBLE TIMETABLE FOR MAJOR ASPECTS OF SCHOOL CAPITAL ISSUES
SCHOOL CAPITAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT
* April 16 - Both school systems make presentations, at a regular
Commissioners ' meeting, on updated school capital needs as part of a
public dialogue on the need for, and timing of, the construction of new
schools or new school space.
* June 28 - Board of Commissioners approves the School CIP based on
feedback from public dialogue, including need for, timing of, and cost
of new school facilities .
* Open Questions - Does the Board want to do anything more formal,
with regard to needs assessment (such as appointing a committee to
independently assess need and timing) , or will the April 16 public
dialogue satisfy the requirement for needs assessment? If the County
does elect to take further steps and use a committee, how would we
identify and select suitable committee members? How would we balance
the committee between advocates, skeptics, and those with no firm
opinion about new school capital issues? If input from such a group is
to be included in decision by the Board of Commissioners on long-term
financing options, their work would have to be conducted in the July-
August timeframe.
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
* Mid-April - All three elected boards provide feedback to School
Construction Standards Work Group concerning preliminary
recommendations on standards .
* Mid-May - At regular meeting on May 14, and at bimonthly work
session on May 16, Board of Commissioners, with participation from
Boards of Education, conducts a public dialogue on school construction
standards, and considers adoption of standards .
* Late May-June - Board of Commissioners receives updated impact fee
technical report at May quarterly public hearing and decides what
changes, if any, to make in current impact fee schedule .
SCHOOL CAPITAL NEEDS FINANCING OPTIONS
* Late June - Board of Commissioners formally adopts 1996-2006 CIP,
reflecting discussion and decisions to date on long-term school capital
needs .
* Mid-August - Board of Commissioners receives report on long-term
financing options .
* Mid-August - Considering decisions on capital needs and finance
approaches to be pursued, Board of Commissioners makes final decisions
about conducting a possible election to expand permissible uses of
Chapel Hill-Carrboro district tax.
CHANGES IN PERMISSIBLE USES OF CHCCS DISTRICT TAX PROCEEDS
* Aug-Nov - If decision is made to pursue election, CHCCS conduct
public education effort on reasons to expand use of district tax
* Nov 7 - Election concerning district tax changes .