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1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 7, 1993 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item # vim_ F\ <br /> SUBJECT: IMPACT FEES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CAPITAL FACILITIES <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Ordinance Planning Director X2592 <br /> 5-27-93 Resolution <br /> PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the adoption of an ordinance <br /> establishing a system of impact fees to help finance <br /> a portion of school capital needs in Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: For several years, Orange County has pursued an <br /> objective of helping to fund school capital needs <br /> created by growth. During the 1987 Session, the <br /> General Assembly authorized the County to levy <br /> impact fees in its planning jurisdiction for a <br /> number of needs, including school capital. <br /> A joint governmental work group investigated the <br /> possibilities of an impact tax in the county in <br /> 1988-89. The County proposed legislation in the 1991 <br /> Session of the General Assembly seeking authority to <br /> impose an impact tax for school capital needs. The <br /> legislation was withdrawn due to local opposition. <br /> During the 1991 Session of the General Assembly, the <br /> County received authority to impose impact fees for <br /> school capital needs throughout the county, not just <br /> within the County's planning jurisdiction. <br /> Recently, the Board held a public hearing on <br /> adopting an ordinance which focused on impact fees <br /> ranging from $500 to $750 per residential unit. The <br /> purpose for such fees is to fund the public school <br /> capital needs created by growth in the county. <br /> Projected growth in the student population converts, <br /> in the County's 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan, to <br /> a capital need of one high school, two middle <br /> schools, and two elementary schools. These needs <br />