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JUN-01-1995 13:46 FROM ORANGE CTY COMMISSIONERS TO 3002 P.04%08 IUD, 1 8TV 4 10 Association is opposed to school imp&ot fees because they deny the fundaaental truth that the public sc 1 system is an indivisible benefit of life in the community. singling out one class of citizen new home buyers -- for ad 'tional expense, the County is inferring that new home buyers gel a larger share of benefit from the school system than do other itizens. He listed several problematic areas in the letter. KA1TTHW E. BARTON spoke on behall of Stop Overcrowding Schools (SOS) . He said that they do support n increase in the impact fee to $1,500. He feels that increasing' the impact fee will be a stop in the right direction toward solvi the schools overcrowding problems by providing additional mone to plan new schools. SOS believes that the housing survey tha the County will conduct will show that the actual capital cost tq a County to provide the capacity for the students due to newt esidential construction averages well over $9,000 per dwelli SOS believe that the Impact Fee should be set at a reason le and substantial proportion of the capital cost to pr ides the money for planning, engineering and constructing new Bch Is. They support a sliding scale where the fee would be adjust according to the size of the house. This addresses the concerns ut affordable housing and places the burden on four and five room homes which typically do bring more students to the school He asked that the Board of County Commissioners support this i ease. PETffit NORCONSE, parent of a chi in Carrboro Elementary School, said that he is in favor of a money being spent in the classroom and more money spent for i truction. However, hw feels there is no need to raise taxes -- to just eliminate the waste. He noted that American publi schools spend more than any Other country and yet rank near the ttom in scholastic achievement. Private schools get th job done with half the dollars per student. He feels that til some progress is made to close the gap, the Board of County issioners should not even think of raising the taxes. His wri on comments are in the permanent agenda file. He asked tha the Board of County Commissioners reduce the size of qov nment at the local level. He presented a chart which compared a number of administrators in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Sch 1 District to private schools with the same student enroll t' He noted that the school budgets presented to the Boar of County Commissioners hide 904 of the expenditures in the conti atIon budget that they rubber-stamp every year. He favors ro-based budgeting so that all programs are reviewed annually. DANIEL D. ESEEMX stated he is n favor of an increase in the public school impact fee. He re a letter from Susan and Alan Spalt which is in the permanent Benda file. In summary, they support an increase in the inpa fee. They feel that substantial increases in local revere are needed to pay for the impact of new rapid development on Chapel Hill/Carrboro City School System and that an increased act fee is an important