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16 <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> Jacob Rogers is with the Triangle Apartments Association, and he thanked the Board <br /> for pausing the process to let them be involved. He said thank you to Planning staff for <br /> meeting with their various stakeholders. He said he wanted to address the zoning compliance <br /> permit, and asked that the same rights be added in subsequent years. He said they also <br /> agreed with starting in year one at 37% of MSIF, with annual increases of 5 percentage points <br /> of MSIF per year, instead of 10. <br /> Aaron Nelson said thank you to the Board of County Commissioners and staff for <br /> listening to their input during the process. He said impact fees are not the first choice for <br /> building schools, but they understand the need. He said they support bedroom count, and <br /> the 50/50 model. He referred to the grandmothering issue noting it is only for the first year, <br /> and he is asking them to extend this grandmothering clause. He said they liked the small <br /> home idea, and the refining of the categories. He asked if the Board could go slower with the <br /> fee increases. <br /> Commissioner Price said she appreciated the public input, but she still has problems <br /> seeing the fairness and equity in these proposed tables. She understands the goal, but there <br /> are too many inequities. <br /> Commissioner Rich said the public speakers were speaking about grandmothering, and <br /> asked staff if there are loopholes in this proposal where the County is losing money for the <br /> schools. <br /> Craig Benedict said there is grandmothering in this year, and the ability to pay this <br /> year's rates into next year; but those grandmothering in in late 2017 should know impact fees <br /> have changed, and should have worked this into their business plan. <br /> Commissioner Rich asked if there is an advantage to giving developers the option to <br /> choose which fee to pay. <br /> Craig Benedict said developers are being given the benefit of the doubt that their <br /> current business plan can continue, with the current fees. <br /> Commissioner Price asked Craig Benedict if he finds this proposal to be fair and <br /> equitable. <br /> Craig Benedict said the impact fees are based on methodology that is legally <br /> defensible, and the legally defensible matrix is to evaluate the student generation rate that <br /> comes from certain housing types, and certain bedroom counts. He said it is equitable <br /> because it has been found that these certain housing types and bedroom counts generate <br /> more students, and there is a direct linkage to the fee, and the impacts that come from these <br /> housing categories. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if the study tracked trends. <br /> Craig Benedict said two studies were completed, and one had to do with the last 10 <br /> years of growth (2004-2014), which showed trends of more multi-family homes being built in <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro. He said when determining impact fees, the entire housing stock <br /> must be reviewed because housing can be multi-family/student housing at one point, and then <br /> become family housing 20 years down the road. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he wanted to clarify the issues before the Board, so he can <br /> see a path to a decision: <br /> --recommendation choice: 75/25, 50/50 <br /> --three-year window incentive to get more accurate data and spacing <br /> --whether or not to do something different about grandmothering <br /> Commissioner Pelissier said she wanted to go with the 75/25 scenario; keep to 10% <br /> acceleration rate; and grandmothering only once, at the beginning. <br />