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24 U94 Payment-In-Lieu Proposals There are two basic approaches for calculating a payment-in-lieu, both which incorporate parkland and recreational facilities costs, and both which rely on a "per household" approach for determining the payment-in-lieu to be paid for each dwelling unit or lot. One approach is to consider the payment calculation on a "county-wide" basis, whereas the second approach takes a narrower view and focuses on the "service area" of specific types of parks and the people most likely to use the facilities. Each approach is discussed below. A County-wide Approach Using the capital costs from Table 8, it is possible to calculate a projected payment-in-lieu. The "county-wide" approach is based partly on the rationale that the calculations are directly related to the recommended system of public parks and implementation program contained in the adopted Master Recreation & Parks Plan; e.g., the Recreation Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The principal rationale, however, is that since the system of ublic parks is accessible to all citizens of Orange County, all should participate in funding the facilities. Shown on Table 9 is the conversion of the recreation capital costs from Table 8 to "per capita" costs. This is accomplished by dividing the land acquisition, facilities, and site improvement costs by the population who potentially would use the parks. As noted previously, the recreation capital improvement program was projected to be carried out over a 20-year period, ending in the year 2016. Through interpolation between projections for the years 2015 and 2020 (Table 2), the 2016 population may be estimated at 155,802 persons. By dividing each acquisition, facility or improvement cost by the 2016 population, the per capita cost may be obtained. As an example, the total cost of all park improvements is projected at $18,407,250. By dividing that total by 155,802 persons, the total per capita cost is estimated at$115.83. To obtain the "per household" cost, the per capita cost of$115.83 is multiplied by the average number of persons per household or 2.34 persons according to the 1990 Census (Table 3). This calculation results in a per household or per dwelling unit cost of$271.05 or $271 rounded off, the amount of the projected payment-in-lieu. A Service Area Approach An alternative to the"county-wide" approach is to calculate payments-in-lieu on the basis of park service areas. While this approach is also related to the recommended system of puhUg parks and implementation program contained in the adopted Master Recreation &Parks Plan, it focuses on the primary users of the parks, the residents of the "immediate neighborhoods" located within the park service areas. In that sense, the approach is more directly linked to the enabling legislation which permits the County to use payments-in-lieu to "acquire and develop recreational land or areas to serve the development or subdivision, including the purchase of land which may be used to serve more than one subdivision or development within the immediate area"