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Where there is an interlocal agreement in effect for collection of the public school impact fees by a municipality, the municipality must remit the fees to Orange County as provided in the agreement, including a report of the amount of funds collected and the benefit area from which the fees were collected. Upon receipt, the County deposits the fees in the appropriate trust fund. On September 7, 1993, the Board of Commissioners approved in principle a draft Impact Fee Collection Interlocal Agreement and authorized the Administration to forward the draft agreement to the municipalities for consideration. Major provisions of the draft agreement included the following. • The impact fee must be collected at a time no later than the time the municipality issues the certificate of occupancy for a dwelling unit.This provision allows the municipalities to collect impact fees when either the building permit or certificate of occupancy is issued. • _ Impact fees collected by the municipalities must be delivered quarterly to the County. • The agreement may be terminated at the end of any fiscal year by giving six months written notice. The City of Mebane declined to participate in the Interlocal Agreement, electing instead to direct residents to Hillsborough to make payment of impact fees. ISSUE: No definitive record of impact fees paid by persons building within Mebane City Limits and ETJ in Orange County exists.In lieu of contacting Mebane and reviewing all building permit applications, can Data Processing generate report showing residential units constructed in 1993 and 1994 (by tax map, block,and lot number)through which to verify that all impact fees have been paid?If impact fees are outstanding,what process is established for identifying and notifying persons responsible for payment of such fees?Who collects the fees??Does a process need to be established for"flagging"impact fees paid on residential construction in Mebane's jurisdiction? The Carrboro Board of Aldermen authorized the Town Manager to execute the Interlocal Agreement on December 7, 1993. Similar action was taken by the Chapel Hill Town Council on January 26, 1994.Both municipalities elected to collect impact fees at the time of building permit issuance and have been submitting quarterly reports with impact fees collected since execution of the agreements. ISSUE: A gap exists between the effective date of impact fees and execution of the Interlocal Agreements. Both Carrboro and Chapel Hill have provided lists of Permits issued between these dates. Can these lists, in combination with the quarterly reports submitted to date,be used to verify that all impact fees have been paid? If impact fees are outstanding, what process is established for identifying and notifying persons responsible for payment of such fees?Who collects the fees? ISSUE: Both municipalities collect impact fees at the time of building permit issuance. Should Orange County amend the ordinance to permit it to do the same? Expenditure Limitations.Funds withdrawn from public school impact fee trust accounts must be used only for the following purposes: • For capital costs associated with the construction of new public school space, including Annual Report 4