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IC <br /> PAGE 1 <br /> APPROVED 5/16/89 MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> SPECIAL MEETING <br /> MARCH 30, 1989 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in special session with the Towns of <br /> Carrboro and Chapel Hill on March 30, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Old <br /> Courthouse, Hillsborough, North Carolina for the purpose of hearing public comments on the <br /> proposed Impact Tax legislation. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. , and Commissioners <br /> Stephen Halkiotis, Shirley E, Marshall and Don Willhoit. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD MEMBER ABSENT: John Hartwell. <br /> CARRBORO BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Eleanor G. Kinnaird, and Aldermen Jay Bryan, <br /> Tom Gurganus, Randy Marshall and Judith Wegner. <br /> CHAPEL HILL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Jonathan Howes and members David Godschalk <br /> Joe Herzenberg, and Art Werner. <br /> ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant County Manager Albert <br /> Kittrell, Deputy Clerk to the Board Kathleen Baker, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, <br /> Finance Director Ellen Liston and MPA Intern Beth McIver. <br /> INTRODUCTORY REMARKS <br /> Vice-chairman Stephen Halkiotis made introductory remarks. He stated that Orange <br /> County's attorney Geoffrey Gledhill will make the presentation. At the conclusion of that <br /> presentation, public comments will be heard. <br /> Mayor Jonathan Howes of Chapel Hill thanked council members Werner and Godschalk for <br /> their participation on the committee that drafted the proposed Impact Tax Legislation. <br /> Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird thanked Aldermen Wegner and Marshall who worked many hours on <br /> the Impact Tax Legislation. She and her Board are interested in what the citizens have to <br /> say about this proposal. <br /> Vice-Chairman Stephen Halkiotis entered into the official record letters from Helen <br /> Urquhart supporting the legislation, and Blue Cross-Blue Shield opposing the proposed <br /> legislation. A telephone message was received from the Hillsborough Savings and Loan <br /> Association opposing the proposed legislation. <br /> PRESENTATION <br /> Geoffrey Gledhill, with the use of an overhead projector, gave an overview of the <br /> justification for the Impact Tax. He stated that the focus of this bill is to create a <br /> source of revenue to partially fund the planning, design, construction and improvement of <br /> public facilities which are necessary in whole or in part because of the development of <br /> land within Orange County. Orange County feels this kind of a tax is justified because <br /> historically and now public facilities for which local governments are responsible have <br /> been provided principally through the use of revenue from sales tax and property tax. The <br /> committee that drafted this proposal concluded that it is neither possible nor appropriate <br /> for the local governments in the County to rely solely on the methods that are presently <br /> available in order to construct all of the capital needs of the County. A tax on the <br /> impact of the development is an appropriate way to, in part, fund that portion of the cost <br /> of capital projects which cannot be precisely attributed to any one development and <br /> therefore cannot be made a requirement of development approval and cannot be reasonably <br /> taxed to the people of the County that were not responsible for the increased capital <br /> needs. This proposed legislation is intended to replace authorization that is now in <br /> place which allows the local governments in Orange County to impose impact fees as part of <br />