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April 7, 2008 (Work Session) Page 776 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 99 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 Cabarrus High School and Jay M. Robinson High School. The following table indicates available and planned school capacity, based on current conditions and the CIP: Current Planned Planned Available Capacity Capacity School Capacity 2 Yrs 5 Yrs Pitts School Road Elementary -47 -97 -97 J.N. Fries Middle School -18 536 538 Hickory Ridge High School 399 399 959 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 enrollment that will be produced by the proposed development for all school types," not just one or two.) Recommendation Based on the direction of the Board of Commissioners, until changes are implemented in the ordinance, staff proposes the following: 1. The project is subject to the following phasing schedule: In 2008, no more than 9 single-family residential lots platted; In 2009, no more than 5 single-family residential lots platted; In 2010, no more than 5 single-family residential lots platted; In 2011, no more than 5 single-family residential lots platted;- In 2012, no more than 5 single-family residential lots platted; In 2013, no more than 19 single-family residential lots platted. 2. Mitigation payment of the pro-rata share of the cost o£ planned capacity, which equals $8,617.00 per single-family residential lot, payable prior to final platting. Vice Chairman Juba MOVED to place the Reservation of Capacity Certificate for the Founder's Reserve Subdivision Project on the April 21, 2008 Agenda as a New Business item. Commissioner Mynatt seconded the motion. Richard Koch, County Attorney, reported this property is considered to be a part of the old Preserve at Grayson Ridge, which is now the Epic Project in Harrisburg. He said there are some unresolved questions related to whether the property was rezoned to the P.(1>D. (Planned Dnit Development) zoning classification and part of the Epic Project. He further reported the Developer believes Founder's Reserve Subdivision Project should be