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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 6, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-a <br /> SUBJECT: School Impact Fee Studies — Receive Draft Reports <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Draft School Impact Fee Study for Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 245- <br /> Chapel Hill — Carrboro City Schools 2592 <br /> 2. Draft School Impact Fee Study for Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 245-2578 <br /> Orange County Schools <br /> 3. Table Showing Maximum Supportable <br /> Impact Fees at Various Percentage <br /> Levels <br /> 4. Current School Impact Fees <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the draft School Impact Fee Studies for both school districts, hear a <br /> presentation by the consultant and staff, and authorize the next steps towards adopting updated <br /> school impact fees. <br /> BACKGROUND: In the summer of 2015, Orange County contracted with TischlerBise, Inc. to <br /> perform school impact fee studies for both school districts. TischlerBise completed its work in <br /> the summer of 2016 and the resultant draft reports are attached. <br /> The draft reports were sent to school district and municipal staffs on August 17, 2016. Impact <br /> fees were last updated in 2008 and were adopted at the levels shown in Attachment 4. <br /> The recently completed studies disaggregate dwelling types by the number of bedrooms a unit <br /> contains and also break out smaller sized (less than 800 square feet) detached units. <br /> Additionally, the study includes information on Age Restricted Units, which was a topic of <br /> discussion at the May 12, 2015 BOCC work session. Attachment 3 summarizes the maximum <br /> supportable impact fees (MSIF) calculated for each school district, shows potential fee levels at <br /> various percentages of the MSIF, as well as the percentage change from the current fee levels, <br /> if the updated fees were adopted at 60% of the MSIF (as has been the case in the past two <br /> update cycles). <br /> It should be noted that the Student Generation Rates (SGR) calculated in the current studies are <br /> different from the rates adopted for Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) <br /> purposes. This is because the rates adopted for SAPFO purposes are based only on ten years <br /> of recently constructed housing while the rates for the impact fee studies must be based on the <br /> entire housing stock. There is no proposal to change the SAPFO-adopted SGRs as a result of <br />