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8 <br /> 1 o Levels of Service and Costs <br /> 2 o Maximum Supportable Amounts <br /> 3 • Q & A <br /> 4 <br /> 5 TischlerBise, Inc.: <br /> 6 • National Practice <br /> 7 • Impact Fees (850+) <br /> 8 • Fiscal Impact Evaluations (700+) <br /> 9 • Infrastructure Needs & Revenue Strategies <br /> 10 • Public and Private Sector Experience* <br /> 11 Impact Fees <br /> 12 The purpose is to: <br /> 13 ". . . Help defray the costs to the County of constructing certain capital improvements, the need <br /> 14 for which is created in substantial part by the new development that takes place within the <br /> 15 County." <br /> 16 <br /> 17 • Represent new growth's fair share of the cost for capital facility needs <br /> 18 • Used for capacity expansions <br /> 19 • Not a revenue raising mechanism but a way to provide growth-related infrastructure <br /> 20 • Three requirements must be met: <br /> 21 o Impact: Growth is generating need for infrastructure <br /> 22 o Benefit: Timing of improvements; accounting and expenditure controls <br /> 23 o Proportionality: Fair share of cost <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Process for Study <br /> 26 • Interview key staff <br /> 27 • Analyze demographic data <br /> 28 • Consider methodologies and determine levels of service <br /> 29 • Determine capital costs <br /> 30 • Evaluate inclusion of credits <br /> 31 • Determine maximum supportable fee amounts for each school system <br /> 32 • Staff review <br /> 33 • Presentations to the public <br /> 34 • Decision by elected officials <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Methodologies <br /> 37 • Cost Recovery (past) <br /> 38 o Oversized and unique facilities <br /> 39 • Incremental Expansion (present) <br /> 40 o Formula-based approach documents level-of-service with both quantitative and <br /> 41 qualitative measures; common for schools <br /> 42 • Plan-Based (future) <br /> 43 o Common for utilities but can also be used for other public facilities with non- <br /> 44 impact fee funding (e.g., roads) <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Impact Fee Formula Overview (graph) <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Impact Fee Methodolgy (flow chart) <br /> 49 <br />