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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 27, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 <br />SUBJECT: County/OCS/CHCCS Informational Reports <br />DEPARTMENT: OCS/CHCCS PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />As listed in "Background" <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />Neil Pedersen, 967-8211 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive reports from staff /elected officials regarding several school related <br />issues. <br />BACKGROUND: This portion of the meeting provides an opportunity for the three elected <br />boards to receive updates on the topics noted below, and to identify any other topics that staffs <br />may need to research and- bring back as the subject of subsequent reports. <br />a) Timetable for Student Generation Rate Study <br />The Board of County Commissioners adopted three goals (Public Schools Impact Fees, <br />Adequate Public Facilities, and Analysis of Impacts of Growth) in June 1999 that address the <br />need to conduct studies on student generation rates and impact fees.. Existing analysis on <br />both issues was originally conducted in 1994 and 1995 and in recent years the need to reverify <br />and/or update previous findings has surfaced. There are various figures informally estimated <br />for student generation rates in the two districts as well as a request from the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners that the BOCC consider an increase in the school impact fee in the <br />Orange County School District. The multifamily apartment association has requested an <br />investigation of student generation differences by housing type and differentiated impact fees <br />by housing type that might be justifiable, depending on the results of the study. <br />The basis for changes to an existing program of impact fees requires an objective, professional <br />and legally defensible report. County staff have disseminated a request for proposals to a <br />number of firms with experience in conducting similar public sector impact fee analysis. Staff <br />plan to bring a recommendation regarding an agreement with the best qualified firm to carry out <br />this study for BOCC approval in April. Once the agreement has been approved, the firm would <br />complete work within 90 days, along the schedule laid out in the chart at Attachment 4a. Any <br />