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MEMORANDUM To: Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners From: Kassie Goodson Watts/Planner Subject: Reservation of Capacity and Capacity Schedule fox Founder's Reserve Date: 4/14/2008 Park Stone West, LLC., (321 North Graham Street, Charlotte, NC 28202) is requesting a reservation of capacity for the Founder's Reserve subdivision, which consists of 43 single-family residential lots on +/- 42 acres located off Highway 49 behind the Eldorado Hills subdivision in Harrisburg, North Carolina. School Capacity Review The Founder's Reserve subdivision will produce 25 students. The schools impacted by the subdivision are Pitts School Road Elementary School, J. N. Fries Middle School and Hickory Ridge High School. The county's capital improvements plan (CIP) includes construction of a new middle school in 2010 south of Harrisburg that would relieve C.C. Griffin Middle School and J. N. Fries Middle School. The CIP also includes a 200 seat addition/renovation to J.N. Fries Middle School in 2010. The CIP includes a new high school for 2011 in the west central area of the county. This school would provide relief to Hickory Ridge High School, Central Cabazrus High School and Jay M. Robinson High School. The following table indicates available and planned school capacity, based on current conditions and the CIP: School Current Available Ca acit Planned Capacity 2 Yrs Planned Capacity 5 Yrs Pitts School Road Elements -47 -47 -47 J.N. Fries Middle School -18 538 538 Hicko Rid a Hi h School 399 399 954 This table assumes that no redistricting occurs either before or after the new schools planned or under construction are opened. Adequacy Determination As illustrated above, adequate school capacity does not exist currently for this subdivision, nor does it exist at the two year and five year review levels. (Note that according to Section 15-11, Number 4, of the APFO, "...future available capacity must be "...equal to or greater than the projected G-3