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12 1 MINUTES 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 3 BI-MONTHLY WORK SESSION 4 JANUARY 12, 1995 5 6 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met on January 12, 1995 at 7:30 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Government Services Building for the purpose 8 of holding their bi-monthly work session. 9 10 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. , and Commissioners 11 William L. Crowther, Alice M. Gordon and Don Willhoit. 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Commissioner Stephen Halkiotis 13 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill 14 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant County 15 Manager Rod Visser, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe and Planning Director 16 Marvin Collins. 17 18 19 IMPACT FEE REPORT FOLLOWUP 20 Marvin Collins presented information on the FY 1993-94 Annual Report. 21 He summarized the proposed revisions to the Impact Fee Ordinance and related 22 housing data. All this information _ is in the permanent agenda file.- in the 23 Clerk's office. 24 The Board discussed whether the impact fee should be paid at the time building permits are issued versus paying at the time of occupancy. The towns 27 of Chapel Hill and Carrboro collect the fee at the building permit stage. 28 Commissioners Crowther and Gordon favored the use of a consistent method 29 countywide and therefore supported collecting the fee at the building permit 30 stage. Chair Carey and Willhoit favored the current system of requiring it 31 be paid at the time of occupancy but accepting it at the building permit stage 32 if the towns wish to do it that way. It was decided not to do a report on the 33 number doing it either way. 34 35 With regard to reimbursements, Marvin Collins will work with Geof 36 Gledhill on language for this amendment so that reimbursements can be made for 37 fees collected erroneously and for Habitat for Humanity, the Orange Community 38 Housing Corporation and for those citizens receiving assistance from the 39 Department of Social Services. The Board does not feel that accepting the 40 payment of impact fees on an installment basis is a good use of staff time. 41 42 Marvin Collins said that if the County Commissioners want to pursue 43 increasing the Impact Fee, it will be necessary to update the technical report 44 because some of the factors used to calculate the fee have changed. As an 45 example, building costs have increased in the last year or two. Collins also 46 noted that it would be better to increase the fee a small amount annually, 47 rather than waiting five years and increase the fee by a larger amount, and 48 the Board agreed. 49 50 Chair Carey noted that the County Commissioners have received letters from Holly Rieth, Mieke Rose and Jill and Dick Blackburn supporting an ..� increase in the impact fee. These letters are in the permanent agenda file.