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8 <br /> • Overview <br /> o Impact Fees <br /> o Process for the Studies <br /> • Impact Fee Results (by System) <br /> o Methodologies <br /> o Levels of Service and Costs <br /> o Maximum Supportable Amounts <br /> • Q & A <br /> TischlerBise, Inc.: <br /> • National Practice <br /> • Impact Fees (850+) <br /> • Fiscal Impact Evaluations (700+) <br /> • Infrastructure Needs & Revenue Strategies <br /> • Public and Private Sector Experience* <br /> Impact Fees <br /> The purpose is to: <br /> ". . . Help defray the costs to the County of constructing certain capital improvements, the <br /> need for which is created in substantial part by the new development that takes place within <br /> the County." <br /> • Represent new growth's fair share of the cost for capital facility needs <br /> • Used for capacity expansions <br /> • Not a revenue raising mechanism but a way to provide growth-related infrastructure <br /> • Three requirements must be met: <br /> o Impact: Growth is generating need for infrastructure <br /> o Benefit: Timing of improvements; accounting and expenditure controls <br /> o Proportionality: Fair share of cost <br /> Process for Study <br /> • Interview key staff <br /> • Analyze demographic data <br /> • Consider methodologies and determine levels of service <br /> • Determine capital costs <br /> • Evaluate inclusion of credits <br /> • Determine maximum supportable fee amounts for each school system <br /> • Staff review <br /> • Presentations to the public <br /> • Decision by elected officials <br /> Methodologies <br /> • Cost Recovery (past) <br /> o Oversized and unique facilities <br /> • Incremental Expansion (present) <br /> o Formula-based approach documents level-of-service with both quantitative and <br /> qualitative measures; common for schools <br /> • Plan-Based (future) <br /> o Common for utilities but can also be used for other public facilities with non- <br /> impact fee funding (e.g., roads) <br />