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13 2 The Board discussed increasing the fee by a flat amount or using another 2 process to determine the impact fee. Commissioner Gordon suggested that one 3 method to begin addressing the affordable housing issue might be a sliding 4 scale based on the number of bedrooms or other suitable criterion and she 5 requested this method be research by the staff. Commissioner Willhoit said 6 he feels using a flat fee is more equitable to apply than using a fee based 7 on dwelling types. Chair Carey feels that having a different fee for 8 different types of housing is perceived as unfair and that explaining a 9 sliding fee would be difficult. 10 Commissioner Gordon said that she feels the fee should be increased and 11 suggested holding a public hearing for citizens to respond to this proposal. 12 13 Commissioner Willhoit agrees that the fee should be increased by a flat 14 amount. He does not want the staff to do a lot of work to develop 15 publications when it will not change the basic philosophy. 16 17 The Board took straw votes on which proposals should be taken to a 18 public hearing on impact fees, with the following results: 19 20 Keeping the fee at $750.00 - Commissioner Crowther 21 Increasing the fee to $1,500 - Commissioner Gordon 22 Increasing the fee up to $1,000 - Commissioners Carey, _ Gordon 23 and Willhoit 24 Using a sliding scale to address the affordable issue - Commissioner Gordon 27 During the work session the Board also discussed proposed revisions to 28 the Impact Fee Ordinance and decided which changes to be taken to public 29 hearing. The major revisions include changing the time period for the schools 30 section of the CIP from 5 to 10 years and establishing a five year grace 31 period for mobile home parks from the effective date of the Ordinance. In the 32 case of the later provision, a replacement unit could be placed on a space if 33 a unit had been located on it anytime during the five years preceding the 34 Ordinance effective date. 35 It was decided that a public hearing would be held at the regular Board 36 meeting scheduled for March 21 to consider increasing the impact fee from $750 37 up to $1,000. The ordinance amendments will go to the Quarterly Public 38 Hearing scheduled for March 29. Some of the changes are policy issues that 39 will be addressed by the County Commissioners at one of their regular 40 meetings. 41 42 ADJOURNMENT 43 With no further discussion, Chair Carey adjourned the meeting. The next 44 regular meeting of the County Commissioners will be held at 7:30 p.m. on 45 January 17, 1995 at the OWASA community meeting room in Carrboro, North 46 Carolina. 47 48 49 an Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair 52 Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk