The Advanced Land Acquisition Revolving Fund (ALARF) is a revolving fund used to purchase sites for schools approved in the capital program or appearing in adopted area master plans. Funding is maintained by reimbursement from new school projects as they receive appropriations for construction and site acquisition. MCPS secures school sites through dedication at the time land is subdivided and purchases sites when dedication is infeasible. During the Amended FY 2005-2010 CIP, the county executive recommended that the title of this project be changed to Land Acquisition: MCPS to accurately reflect the activity in this project. In recent years, most land acquisitions have been handled through a supplemental appropriation, and therefore, funds would be allocated to this project, with no reimbursement. The lack of reimbursement in turn results in a non-revolving fund project. As part of the Board of Education's Requested FY 2007-2012 CIP, the one staff person, as well as expenditures for legal fees and other non-reimburseable costs were transferred to the Design and Construction Management project. The Board of Education requested and the County Council approved that the name and scope of this project be changed to accurately reflect its current activity. An FY 2007 appropriation was approved to purchase land adjacent to Paint Branch High School in order to expand the school site during its modernization. An FY 2013 appropriation was approved to purchase land for a new elementary school in the Northwest Cluster, to purchase land adjacent to a new elementary school and new middle school to expand the current sites during the construction of these new facilities. An FY 2019 appropriation is requested to acquire a site and begin the planning process for the relocation of the MCPS Materials Management Warehouse that stores and delivers necessary educational materials and supplies to all schools and offices and is well beyond the end of its life expectancy.

State Reimbursement: Not eligible

Mandatory Referral - M-NCPPC, Department of Environmental Protection, Building Permits:, Code Review, Fire Marshall, Department of Transportation, Inspections, Sediment Control, Stormwater Management, WSSC Permits