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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 17, 1998 SUBJECT: School Impact Fee Technical Report Update DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Planning ATTACHMENT(S): Report Action Agenda Item No. 10.1 PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) INFORMATION CONTACT: Rod Visser, ext 2300 Gene Bell, ext 2592 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To receive an updated technical report on school impact fees. BACKGROUND: During the past summer, the County contracted with the University's Department of City and Regional Planning to produce an updated technical report on the County's school impact fees. These updates are prepared periodically to ensure there is a reasonable basis for the level of impact fees imposed on each new residential dwelling unit. The work for this project was conducted by Professor Emil Malizia, and two of his graduate students, Sara Hinkley and Jeremy Klop. Staff will provide a brief report to the Commissioners on the consultants' findings. The consultants will be available to respond to any questions. There is no required Board action at this time, nor any anticipated amenaments to the County's school impact fee ordinance resulting from the work completed by the consultants. The maximum impact fees chargeable in the County's two school systems, based on the analysis in the consultants' report, are $10,320 for the Chapel Hill - Carrboro school district, and $3,474 for the Orange County Schools. The comparable figures in the previous technical report were $11,593 and $3,404. The current impact fees of $3,000 and $750 for CHCCS and OCS, respectively, are well supported by the consultants' findings. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report for information only at this time.