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JUN-01-1995 13:44 FROM ORANGE CTY COMMISSIONERS TO 3002 P.03i08 LnI � U 3 s 1,000 homes would contribute 1.5 mil ion and from these 1,000 homes generate enough children for elementary school. it is unfortunately that the average home es more services than the tax on that home pays. It is only economic tax base increase that helps the County keep up with schools. He would favor a different fee structure for the two hool districts. JOYCE PRZSLAR, resident of Oran County for twelve years and works in a local daycare said she 1 ed about the impact fee when she bought a mobile home for $3 00. She is in a lower income bracket and cannot afford the mpact fee. She thinks that a-sliding scale should be considered She is willing to pay taxes but does not think an impact fee is itable. There are a lot of rental units with children. She as that the Board keep their perspective and consider those who in the low income bracket. THOMAS PHILLIPS, resident of 1 dill for a short period of time said he moved from Batavia ch is one hour west of Chicago. In eight years Batavia we from a small community to a suburb of Chicago. They built thous a of new homes in that area and the schools became overcrowded. ey passed a bond issue every other year to build new school The taxes became so high that the people who originally lived n Batavia were forced to move. The result of losing a bond r erendum was to impose an impact fee - one for operating expen s and one for infrastructure. The same arguments re heard there. The real test of fairness is to ask if the i ct fee taxes original residents out of their homes. He d not believe that the impact fee is going to affect the affordabi ty of new homes. He feels that the developer will bring down price of land. He is in favor of this increase in the impact ee because he will know that in the future additional constructio of new schools will not raise his property tax. STS B. MORIARTY said that only reason he is against the impact fee is because he cannot ford it. He may have to default on a piece of property he pu ased because he does not have the money to pay the impact fee o move his trailer onto the property. He feels that the fact t he only makes $17,000 should not keep his from buying a ho or moving a trailer onto a piece of property. He would like to as a sliding scale. %KITH C00% spoke in favor of i easing the impact fee. He feels that something needs to be don for those individuals who don't make a lot of money -� 6ag of median income which would Probably be no more than 104 of the pulation. The impact fee should be for those individuals comi into the County who have not previously helped pay for school He favors a sliding scale and asked that the Board of County ssioners help people who are not making a lot of money -- peo a who live in small houses or trailers. NICK TEriRYSM, Executive vice Pr ident of Durham and orange Counties, read a prepared statement. In summary the Home Builders