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January 11, 2008 (Recessed Meeting) Page 675 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in recessed session in the Multipurpose Room at the Cabarrus County Governmental Center in Concord, North Carolina on Friday, January 11, 2008, at 12:00 p.m. Present - Chairman: H. Jay White, Sr. Commissioners: Robert W. Carruth Grace M. Mynatt Coy C. Privette Absent - Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba Also present were John Day, County Manager; Richard M. Koch, County Attorney; Mike Downs, Deputy County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director; Susie Morris, Planning and Zoning Manager; Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board and Lori Hinson, Deputy Clerk to the Board. Vice Chairman Juba was absent due to illness. Call to Order Following lunch, Chairman White called the meeting to order at 12:18 p.m. Adequate Public Facility Ordinance Review Process John Day, County Manager, reviewed the following information related to the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO): Purpose: • Establishes phasing standards for new development based on the carrying capacity of Public Facilities; and • Ensures that Public Facilities needed to support new development meet or exceed the Level of Service standards established in this section; and • Ensures that no applications for development approval are approved that would cause a reduction in the levels of service for any Public Facilities below the Adopted Level of Service established in this Section; and • Ensures that adequate Public Facilities needed to support new development are available concurrent with the impacts of such development, or within a reasonable period of time; and • Encourages development in areas where public services are available and underutilized; and • Establishes uniform procedures for the review of development applications subject to the standards and requirements of this Section; and • Establishes standards for the phasing, changes in site and development design, or proffering of public facilities in order to establish flexibility, avoid the unreasonable delay of development approval, and to promote the County's planning policies. School Adequacy Review Acceptable Level of Service (LOS): 110$ Capacity 3 Levels of Review: Level One - Existing Capacity: Current Enrollment vs. Existing Capacity. If the number of empty seats is equal to or greater than the number of students generated by the new subdivision, then adequate capacity exists and the development may proceed. If capacity is not adequate, then; Level Two - Two Years Planned Capacity: If the county capital improvements program (CIP) shows school .capacity will be equal to or greater than the projected enrollment that will be produced by the proposed subdivision for all school types within two years, then "...the development MAY be approved with conditions related to phasing or mitigation, and the applicant shall be permitted to proceed through the development approval process." If capacity is not adequate, then; Level Three - Five Years Planned Capacity: If the county CIP shows school capacity will be equal to or greater than the projected enrollment that will be produced by the proposed subdivision for all school types within five years, then the application can only be approved with the following conditions: