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MEMORANDUM To: Cabaxrus County Board of Commissioners From: Kassie G. Watts, AICP /Senior Planner Subject: Consent Agreement and School Capacity Information for Meridian Subdivision Date: 12/20/2010 The Meridian subdivision was approved by the City of Concord Planning and Zoning Board on October 19, 2004. The project consists of 16 single- family residential lots on +/- 8.9 acres located off Roberta Road The specifics of the agreement are as follows: • Developer - Guelaguetza Homes, LLC, 4175 Amarillo Drive, Concord, NC 28027. • Payment of $4,034.00 per lot payable prior to platting. • A Consent Agreement for this project was approved by the Board of Commissioners on November 15, 2004. The Consent Agreement was renegotiated on June 18, 2007. The renegotiated Consent Agreement, however, was never executed by Roberta Road, LLC. • All 16 lots in the project were final platted wath the City of Concord on November 9, 2007. • Mr. Zandate, owner of Guelaguetza Homes, LLC, purchased the Meridian project in August of 2010 and is ready to proceed with building permitting and construction • Mr. Zandate is requesting that the required Voluntary Mitigation Payment be allowed at building permitting, instead of in one lump stun prior to permitting, since all of the lots have already been platted with the City of Concord (See attached letter from Mr. Zandate) The APFO worksheet filled out by Mr. Robert Kluttz with Cabaunus County Schools indicates that schools impacted by the Meridian subdivision are currently functioning at the following capacities: Pitts School Road Elementary School - 104.94% J.N. Fries Middle School - 109.68% Hickory Ridge High School - 96.21% Incluading previously approved subdivisions and additional capacity from funded improvements in the 2009 -2010 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), these schools will be functioning at the following capacity upon completion of the Meridian subdivision Pitts School Road Elementary School - 140.01% Hickory Ridge Middle School - 89.44% (with the closing of JN Fries at end of 2010 -2011 school year) Hickory Ridge High School - 111.10% The Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) does not include improvements to provide capacity relief at Pitts School Road Elementary School- J.N. Fries Middle School will be closing at the end of the 2010 -2011 school year as a traditional middle school. Beginning in August 2011, J.N. Fries will house a STEM Magnet program and the Performance Learning Center. Approximately 575 students from J.N. Fries are proposed to be transferred to the new Harold Winkler Middle School, projected to open in August 2011. Students from the Meridian project will be assigned to Hickory Ridge Middle School for the 2011 -2012 school year. The CIP does not include improvements that to provide additional capacity relief at Hickory Ridge High School. Cabarrus County Schools operating at 110% capacity are considered to be operating at the tmaximtun capacity. Aft" number 1 F -1