HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 11-27-2000-2ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AND
PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 27, 2000
Action Agenda
Item No.
SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) YES
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592
Draft Schools Adequate Public Facilities Geoff Gledhill, County Attorney
Ordinance TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To hear public comment on the proposed School Adequate Public Facilities
ordinance.
BACKGROUND: Orange County Planning staff has been collaborating with the Schools and
Land Use Councils (SLUG), school and municipal staffs, and the attorneys for more than a year
on the development of a schools adequate public facilities ordinance (School APFO). The
fundamental purpose of such an ordinance would be to ensure, to the maximum extent
practical, that new residential development be synchronized and approved only when it can
reasonably be expected that adequate public school facilities will be available to accommodate
students who live in the new residential developments.
The SLUG have worked long and diligently to examine this issue in detail during 2000. At their
meeting on September 13, they approved a resolution recommending that the proposed
Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance be formally transmitted to the County
Commissioners for review in general and specifically fiscal impacts, and then to the governing
boards of the municipalities and school systems for comment and suggestive revisions.
The work session on October 2, 2000 provided an opportunity for the BOCC to discuss the
main provisions of the proposed School APFO, to review the process to date, and to discuss
possible next steps that would ultimately lead to adoption and implementation of a School
APFO in Orange County. Staff presented information regarding fiscal considerations of School
APFO implementation, and set forth talking points that focused BOCC discussion on several
important decisions the Board must make regarding the elements of the School APFO to be
enacted.
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Based on comment from the Board on October 2 and further written comment from
Commissioner Gordon, Craig N. Benedict, the Planning Director, and Geoffrey Gledhill, County
Attorney have made clarifications to the School APFO documents as underlined.
The BOCC provided direction at the October 17 meeting to the draft ordinance and related
interlocal memorandum of understanding (MOU), whereby staff will then transmit those
documents to the school systems and towns for review, comment and possibly adoption later
this year.
County Planning Director Craig Benedict will be available to the municipal and school governing
boards over the next few months for presentations and/or to respond to questions about the
proposed School APFO.
Orange County has scheduled the School APFO for public hearing on November 27, 2000 and
may adopt the ordinance thereafter in concert with the other districts and jurisdictions.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The fiscal impact of the adoption and implementation of a School APFO
has been explained to the degree that is possible at this time. There will be an interrelationship
between. the School APFO and the funds set aside in the County's annual 10 year Capital
Investments Plan far school and County capital projects. The relationships are noted in the
material attached to this abstract.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board conduct the Public
Hearing on the proposed ordinance and then refer to Planning Board for review and
recommendation to the BOCC no sooner than January 17, 2001.
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