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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No, 9-L
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 16, 1999
SUBJECT: Community College Task Force-Charge, Composition and Time Line
DEPARTMENT: County Manager
PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ _ r~ ~:
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ATTACHMENT(S):
Charge and Time Line
Composition
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Albert Kittrell
TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - - ezt. 2307
Hillsborough . 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider approving a charge, composition and time line for the Community
College Task Force.
BACKGROUND: On October 5, 1999 the Board approved the creation of a task force to study the
feasibility of developing a satellite campus of Durham Technical Community College in Orange
County. Also, the Board added a representative from the Cooperative Extension Service to the
composition and requested the County Manager to develop a charge and time line for the task force.
The charge and time line is attached.
FINANCL~I, IMPACT: The financial impact of the task force feasibility study phase will be the
allocation of time by County staff. The feasibility study will examine the fiscal impact of a satellite
campus in terms of expenditures and revenues that could become. a part of the County budget.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the charge,
composition and time line for the Community College Task Force.
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Community College Task Force
October 19,1999
The charge to the Community College Task Force is to study and make recommendations to the
Board of Commissioners on the feasibility of developing a satellite campus of Durham Technical
Community College in Orange County that will (1) provide postsecondary education for residents
pursuing careers in vocational and technical fields; (2) offer residents the first two years of a
baccalaureate degree for professional careers; and (3) prepare residents to meet the workforce needs
of Orange County by offering courses in basic education and skills development.
The work of the committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Review past reports that identified a need for technical training opportunities in the County.
(Orange County Skills Development Board, Economic Development Commission Strategic Plan
and other reports)
2. Inventory the current course offerings provided by DTCC at leased facilities at Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Schools, Orange County Schools, Skills Development Center and community
buildings.
3. Survey or conduct focus groups to identify potential course offerings desired by high school
students and citizens who need training to compete for better paying jobs.
4. Survey or conduct focus groups of local employers to determine course offerings needed to
meet the employment demand.
5. Identify possible short term and long term funding sources for development and sustainability of
a satellite campus.
6. Determine if a satellite campus course offering will interface with the curriculum of the local
public schools systems.
7. Identify countywide transportation needs based on possible location of the satellite campus and
also possible methods for meeting identified training needs in Orange County by transporting
students to bTCC classes in Durham County.
The Community College Task Force should complete the above tasks by January 31, 2000 and
present a report to Board of Commissioners in February 2000.
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Community College Task Force Composition
• Orange County Schools Superintendent
• Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Superintendent
• One School Board Member from each System
• Two County Commissioners
• County Manager -
• Two Representatives from Durham Technical Community College (one selected by the
President of DTCC and one to be the DTCC staff member stationed at the Skills Development
Center)
• One Representative of each Chamber of Commerce in the County
• One Member of the Orange County Economic Development Commission
• One Representative from Orange County Cooperative Extension Service
• Orange Public Transportation Director
• One representative from TTA (selected by TTA)
• Three Citizens-at-large