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Resolution to Create a Policy for the Advancement of School Adequacy <br />WHEREAS, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners has demonstrated that <br />education is its top priority through the funding of construction of twelve <br />elementary schools, four middle schools, two high schools and numerous <br />additions and improvements to existing schools over the last fifteen years; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the development and homebuilding industries are an important part of <br />the local economy; and <br />WHEREAS, a study by Tischler and Associates for Cabarrus County in 1996 found <br />that the direct school capital cost incurred by the County is $8,067 per unit <br />for houses in transitional areas; and <br />WHERAS, an update to that study in 2006 by TischlerBise (formerly Tischler <br />and Associates) determined the direct school capacity cost incurred by the <br />County to be $12,425 for a single family home, $6,590 for a townhouse and <br />$5,988 for multi - family and other; and <br />WHEREAS, new homes constructed in these developments will be subject to <br />property taxes which in part will offset the incurred capital cost; and <br />WHEREAS, new development continues to be approved within the unincorporated <br />areas of Cabarrus County after a review of the adequacy of services based on <br />the Cabarrus County Subdivision Regulations Chapter 4, Section 17 "Adequate <br />Public Facilities Standards "; and <br />WHEREAS, new development will be reviewed based on revised adequate <br />facilities standards to be included in the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners is interested in approving new <br />development that participates in the advancement of school adequacy; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners would like for all new residential <br />development in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Cabarrus <br />County to be reviewed for school adequacy. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus <br />County that the following policy is established to address school adequacy <br />when reviewing new residential development: <br />o All new residential developments that require plan approval by <br />the Cabarrus County Planning & Zoning Commission or site plan <br />approval for multi - family development shall be reviewed for the <br />adequacy of public services and facilities including school <br />facilities. This review shall include existing school capacity <br />as well as the additional capacity of schools under construction <br />or for which funding of construction has been approved. In <br />addition, the review shall include the existing enrollment and <br />estimated enrollment based on previously approved development. <br />School adequacy shall be defined as that estimated enrollment <br />Attachment number 3 <br />F -1 Page 92 <br />