HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 05-20-2004-2ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: May 20, 2004
Action Agenda
Item No. 2
SUBJECT: 2004-•14 Schools Capital Investment Plans Presentation
DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Budget/
CHCCS/OCS
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
CHCCS 2004-2014Recommended CIP
OCS ClP 2004-2014
(both under separate cover)
INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300
Donna Dean, ext 2151
Neil Pedersen, 967-8211
Shirley Carraway, 732-8126
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To receive a presentation on the proposed 10-year capital investment plans
submitted by the Orange County Board of Education and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of
Education.
BACKGROUND: Each year, the County Manager and staff update the County's ten-year
Capital Investment Plan (CIP). The CIP is a multi-year plan that addresses County and school
needs for long-lived assets. Items typically included in the CIP are construction, refurbishment,
or purchases of buildings; land acquisition or improvement; and major equipment and vehicle
acquisition and financing. This process offers an opportunity to review long-term capital needs
and enables timely acquisition and phased financing of major assets.
With the advent of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) system, school
capital planning in this and subsequent years will need to be pushed back several months from
the historical pattern. Actual student membership figures as of November 15 each year are
used as the basis for annually updated student projections generated and analyzed by County,
school, and municipal staffs between December and February each year. Once school building
capacities and student projections are certified by representatives of all SAPFO partners each
February, those projections will become the basis far forecasting additional school facility needs
during the subsequent 10 year CIP period.
The CIP proposal from the Orange County Board of Education has been provided under
separate cover. The Superintendent's recommended CIP for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City
Schools has likewise been provided under separate cover, with the Board of Education
scheduled to consider it for approval at their May 20 meeting.
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The Board of Commissioners is not expected to make any decisions on project allocations at
this meeting. School personnel can respond to specific questions about individual projects
during the planned school budget work session on June 10, Changes to the CIP can be made
during several work sessions over the coming weeks before the Board considers formal
adoption of the plan in late June 2004. The May 27 and .June 3 public hearings on the
proposed 2004-05 operating budget will also afford citizens the opportunity to comment on the
schools portion of the 2004-2014 CIP.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with the presentation of
the schools' CIPs. However, the Board will make substantial allocation decisions, for both
County and school capital projects, involving millions of dollars later this spring. Board funding
decisions for FY 2004-05 will be enacted through capital project ordinances that will be adopted
in June 2004.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation
for information only at this time.