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Technical Report 3 INTRODUCTION For a number of years, Orange County has pursued an objective of helping to fund school capital needs created by growth in the county from financial contributions from the owners of development engendering those capital needs. During the 1987 Session, the General Assembly authorized Orange County to levy impact fees in its planning jurisdiction for a number of needs, including school capital [Title VI, Chapter 460, of the 1987 Session Laws]. In 1988 -89, a joint governmental work group investigated the possibilities of levying an impact tax as opposed to a fee. Subsequently, Orange County proposed legislation in the 1991 Session of the General Assembly seeking the authority to impose an impact tax for school capital needs in the county. Although the legislation was withdrawn due to opposition in the legislature, Orange County did receive authority to impose impact fees for school capital needs throughout the county, not just within Orange County's planning jurisdiction [Chapter 324 of the 1991 Session Laws]. The purpose of this report is to update the Technical Report initially prepared in June, 1993, which recommended an impact fee structure for financing school capital needs in Orange County. The Technical Report was first revised in May, 1995 and 1996 to include new cost data for school construction. The 1996 report provides updated cost information and incorporates the recommendations of the School Facility Construction Standards Work Group and the findings of a graduate student study of student generation rates in new housing built between 1992 and 1994. This report incorporates new cost information as well as updated revenue projections and benefit considerations. The methodology used to calculate the impact fees is based, in part, on similar techniques used by Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Broward County, Florida, two jurisdictions which have implemented a system of impact fees for financing school capital needs. These sources and others used in the preparation of this report include the following: Snyder, Thomas P., and Michael A. Stegman, Paying For Growth: Using Development Fees to Finance Infrastructure. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Land Institute, 1987. Nelson, Arthur C., ed., Development Impact Fees: Policy Rationale, Practice, Theory, and Issues. Chicago: American Planning Association, 1988. Nicholas, James C., The Calculation of Proportionate -Share Impact Fees, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 408. Chicago: American Planning Association, 1988. School Capital Needs Advisory Committee, Report to Board of County Commissioners. Hillsborough: Orange County, 1991. Stroud, Nancy E„ and James C. Nicholas, Impact Fee Summary and Technical Report: Roads and Schools, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Annapolis: Anne Arundel County, 1987. Lighthizer, James, Report of the Study Committee on Bill 27 -87 and Bill 46 -87 Establishing Impact Fees. Annapolis: Anne Arundel County, 1987.