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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item <br />SUBJECT: APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA -- IMPACT FEES FOR MULTI- <br />FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES <br />DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —x—No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes _x No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />- 2/19/98 Letter to Commissioner Halkiotis <br />- 1/23/98 Letter to County Manager <br />- 5 -19 -97 Letter to Marvin Collins plus attachments <br />- May 1997 Report of Dr. Emil Malizia (UNC - Chapel <br />Hill - Dept. of City & Regional Planning) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: County Manager <br />County Attorney <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report from the Apartment Association of North Carolina that recommends <br />lower school impact fees for apartment units. <br />BACKGROUND: On June 7, 1993, Orange County adopted an ordinance establishing a system of impact <br />fees to be used to finance a portion of the cost of public school space needed because of <br />new residential growth. The ordinance became effective July 1, 1993 and impact fees <br />have been collected in the Orange County Schools District and Chapel Hill - Carrboro City <br />Schools District since that time. Fees collected in each school district are placed in a trust <br />fund for the purpose of funding new public school space in that district. The current <br />impact fee for the Orange County Schools District is $750.00 and $3,000.00 for the <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools District. <br />The basis for the impact fee structure is documented in Technical Report - Calculation of <br />Proportionate Share Impact Fees for Financing Public School Capital Needs, commonly <br />referred to as the Technical Report. The Technical Report was first revised in May, 1995 <br />to include new cost data for school construction. It was revised again in May, 1996 to <br />