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f <br /> ORANGE COUNTY 1 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 25, 1995 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING - PUBLIC SCHOOL IMPACT FEES <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC DARING: —X—Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Notice of Public Hearing Planning Director X2592 <br /> Summary Sheet - Impact Fee Calculation <br /> Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed increase in the public school impact fee <br /> from$750 to$1,500. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its December 20, 1994 meeting, the Board of Commissioners received the <br /> Annual Report on Educational Facilities Impact Fees. At a January 1995 Work <br /> Session,the Board considered proposed amendments to the Educational Facilities <br /> Impact Fee Ordinance,including an amendment to Section 3,School Impact Fees <br /> Imposed on New Residential Dwelling Units,to increase the amount of the public <br /> school impact fee. The proposal was subsequently presented at public hearing on <br /> March 21, 1995. <br /> At the public hearing, a number of citizens spoke for and against the increase in <br /> the amount of the impact fee. At a March Work Session, the Board of <br /> Commissioners considered updating the Technical Report,including recalculation <br /> of the amount of impact fees which could be charged.At its April 3, 1995 meeting, <br /> the Board of Commissioners directed staff'to update the Technical Report and <br /> scheduled a public hearing on the proposed fee increase for this meeting. <br /> At its May 1, 1995 meeting, the Board received the updated Technical Report <br /> which indicated that the maximum allowable fee was approximately$1,900 in both <br /> school districts (see attached Summary Sheet). The Board approved the Notice <br /> of Public Hearing for this meeting(copy attached)which proposes to increase the <br /> impact fee from$750 to$1,500. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that this matter,including all comments <br /> received at the public hearing, be referred to staff for review. A <br /> recommendation will be presented to the Board no sooner than its <br /> regularly scheduled meeting of June 5, 1995. <br />