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10 <br /> 1 The Board approved budget, grant, and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year <br /> 2 2016-17 for Department on Aging; Department of Social Services; Department of Economic <br /> 3 Development; Health Department; County Manager; Headwaters Nature Preserve; and <br /> 4 Planning and Inspection Department. <br /> 5 c. Creation of Permanent Time-Limited Position for Group Respite Service <br /> 6 The Board approved a permanent time-limited Social Worker II position effective November 15, <br /> 7 2016 through August 31, 2018. <br /> 8 d. Adoption of the Accessible Icon Project in Orange County <br /> 9 The Board approved the implementation of the new wheelchair Accessible Icon Project for <br /> 10 Orange County. <br /> 11 e. Unified Animal Control Ordinance Amendments <br /> 12 The Board adopted the proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance amendments and <br /> 13 approving and authorizing the Chair to sign the Resolution of Amendment, "A Resolution <br /> 14 Amending Chapter 4 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances". <br /> 15 <br /> 16 7. Regular Agenda <br /> 17 <br /> 18 a. School Impact Fee Updates <br /> 19 The Board considered: <br /> 20 1. Receiving a presentation by staff; <br /> 21 2. Discussing the topic as desired; <br /> 22 3. Authorizing finalization of the school impact fee study reports by the consultant <br /> 23 (TischlerBise); and <br /> 24 4. Adopting one of the proposed Ordinances as follows: a. Attachment 2 if the <br /> 25 Board believes a 50/50 multi-family unit bedroom split projection is the more <br /> 26 realistic projection. (Fees would begin at 37% of the MSIF). b. Attachment 3 if <br /> 27 the Board believes a 75/25 multi-family unit bedroom split projection is the more <br /> 28 realistic projection. (Fees would begin at 43% of the MSIF). c. Additionally, the <br /> 29 BOCC can choose to adopt different MSIF percentage levels from those listed in <br /> 30 the ordinances and/or a different phasing timeline. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 BACKGROUND: <br /> 33 Since 1993, Orange County has levied school impact fees to help defray the public costs of <br /> 34 new development. The fee is charged once to all new residential development in both school <br /> 35 districts. Fees charged must be proportional to the actual impact caused which is the reason a <br /> 36 technical study is completed; the data-based study determines the proportional impact of <br /> 37 housing types and the "maximum supportable impact fee" (MSIF) that can be charged for each <br /> 38 type of housing. Proceeds from school impact fees can be used only to increase student <br /> 39 membership capacity (e.g., Capital Facilities — new or expanded school buildings) in the school <br /> 40 district in which the fee was collected. School impact fee proceeds cannot be used to fund <br /> 41 operations or repairs of existing facilities. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 It should be noted that people's housing choices over time can change and those choices are <br /> 44 reflected in the data used in the technical studies. Variance from study-to-study is to be <br /> 45 expected due to demographic and housing trends that are captured in the data. Impact fees are <br /> 46 paid once (when units are constructed) and cover the entire life of each housing unit. Housing <br /> 47 often displays a cyclical nature of occupancy through the decades that a unit exists. This is one <br /> 48 of the reasons school impact fee studies necessarily consider the entire housing stock when <br /> 49 determining student generation rates; the entirety of the housing stock provides a reasonable <br /> 50 snapshot in time of how all units will be occupied during their existence. Additionally, <br />