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42 <br />b. Advisory Boards: <br />n/a <br />c. Local Government Review: <br />Send proposed amendments to Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for courtesy <br />review per Joint Planning Agreement no later than January 27, 2012 <br />d. Notice Requirements <br />__ __ <br />__ __ __. <br />Legal ad will be published on February 15 and 22, 2012 <br />e. Outreach: <br />.~.~_ _. <br />® General Public: Public_information meeting one week prior to February_QPH <br />^ Small Area Plan Workgroup <br />_ _._. <br />__; <br />^ Other: <br />3. FISCAL IMPACT <br />New development projects are expected to utilize engineered stormwater best <br />management practices (BMPs) to meet the state mandated development standards <br />Developers will need more land on any given development to achieve this. Cost to <br />developers is undetermined at this time, but could be significant. On average the <br />new rules could increase development cost by $50,000 to $500,000 per project <br />depending on the size of the development. <br />As a result, the associated workload for Current Planning and Erosion Control / <br />stormwater Division staff to review and approve stormwater management plans <br />required by the rules is expected to increase. Workload for Erosion Control / <br />'; stormwater Division staff to inspect BMPs is also expected to increase. This may <br />necessitate an increase in fees charged to developers. At this time it is expected <br />'! that new rules will require one additional FTE for Erosion Control /stormwater staff <br />with an estimated annual cost of $50,000 to $100,000. <br />D. AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS <br />The state required development standards are more restrictive than those currently <br />enforced in the UDO. As stated above, this is expected to increase the cost of <br />development and increase staff workload. <br />