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20 <br /> 1 Commissioner Pelissier said it seems to her that everyone is already paying the impact <br /> 2 fee over time. She said her only concern is that affordable housing units pay impact fees up <br /> 3 front, and then have to wait for the reimbursement. She asked if there is a way to speed that <br /> 4 up. <br /> 5 Commissioner Pelissier said the Board should vote on which options of data to use: <br /> 6 bedrooms or the average. <br /> 7 Commissioner Dorosin said to conclude the conversation. He said there is a consensus <br /> 8 of value in the process of engaging stakeholders, and suggested staying on a timeline to <br /> 9 approve this on November 15th <br /> 10 <br /> 11 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> 12 defer the final consideration of this item to the November 15th BOCC meeting, and in the interim <br /> 13 direct staff and the County Attorney to meet with stakeholders, and the leadership of school <br /> 14 boards and to share information. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Commissioner Jacobs offered a friendly amendment to pick bedroom count as the <br /> 17 method before this is put out for further discussion. <br /> 18 Commissioner Dorosin accepted the friendly amendment. <br /> 19 Commissioner Price said she is not happy with the friendly amendment, but she would <br /> 20 accept it as she sees Commissioners nodding their heads. <br /> 21 Chair McKee said he is not nodding his head, and he feels that if a conversation is going <br /> 22 to be opened up, then it should be opened up in its entirety. He said locking any aspect of this <br /> 23 topic down gives the impression of a predetermined outcome. <br /> 24 Commissioner Price said she will not accept the friendly amendment, and withdraws her <br /> 25 second to it. <br /> 26 Commissioner Jacobs said having an extending conversation is already a compromise. <br /> 27 Commissioner Rich seconded the friendly amendment. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 Vote on amendment: Ayes, 5 (Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner Rich, Commissioner <br /> 30 Jacobs, Commissioner Pelissier, Commissioner Burroughs); Nays, 2 (Commissioner Price and <br /> 31 Chair McKee). <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Discussion resumed regarding the original motion made by Commissioner Dorosin, as <br /> 34 amended to include the method of the bedroom count: <br /> 35 Chair McKee said the Board must consider what does not get built, and how the Board's <br /> 36 decisions are directing what does get built. He said no one has mentioned that anything that is <br /> 37 built will provide new property taxes, some of which may be significant. He said he is <br /> 38 adamantly against starting below the breakeven point. <br /> 39 Chair McKee said this whole topic does not have to be this complicated, and the <br /> 40 discussion tonight suggested ways to make it even more complicated. He said there are 98 <br /> 41 other counties in North Carolina that build schools without impact fees. <br /> 42 Chair McKee said he heard a lot of conversation tonight that was not centered on <br /> 43 schools, but rather how to direct development. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nays, 1 (Chair McKee) <br /> 46 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to <br /> 47 direct staff to come back with a policy for reimbursement of the impact fees for non-profits <br /> 48 organizations. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />