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2 <br /> Wayne Hadler said he is the attorney for the Grove Park project, which was approved by <br /> the Town of Chapel Hill as a modification of a Special Use Permit (SUP) in December 2015. He <br /> said the owner, A.P. Segar and Project Engineer, Philip Post, join him this evening. He <br /> reviewed the information contained in the following email: <br /> Date: February 9, 2017 <br /> To: Chairman Dorosin and the Orange County Board of Commissioners (via email) <br /> From: A.P. Segar, Townhouse Apartments <br /> RE: Grove Park: Request for Adjustment to Resolution Regarding Grandfathering of <br /> Projects for School Impact Fee Collection Purposes <br /> Please consider this request for a minor amendment to the adopted resolution regarding <br /> grandfathering of projects for school impact fee collection purposes. I intend to present this <br /> petition in person at the February 21, 2017 meeting. <br /> My family owns the existing Town House Apartments, a college-student apartment complex, <br /> which has been preparing for a major renovation/expansion over the last 10 years. We are now <br /> one month away from submitting a Zoning Compliance Permit application to Chapel Hill. Our <br /> unique circumstances were not taken into account when you considered grandfathering of <br /> projects at your December meeting. <br /> Our situation is unique: <br /> • We have a 50+ year track record of not producing any school-age children, as our <br /> product caters to college students. <br /> • We have been diligently working on our expansion project, obtaining a Special Use <br /> Permit and Special Use Permit Modification in 2009 and 2015. <br /> • Our Zoning Compliance Permit application will be submitted in February, but we have <br /> completed many of the typical final plan requirements. These include: receiving <br /> administrative approval of Minor Changes as we prepare our final plan application, <br /> receiving approval of our detailed building elevations and lighting plan from the Chapel <br /> Hill Community Design Commission, and receiving our Certificates of Adequacy of <br /> Public Schools (CAPS) from CHCCS. <br /> • We cannot absorb an unanticipated $1.2 million increase in the school impact fee. <br /> • If this project does not move forward, a property tax loss exceeding $625,000/year will <br /> result. <br /> • We are providing an affordable housing offering to Chapel Hill with an estimated value <br /> of$4 million over a 25-year period. <br /> To keep this project alive, we propose a minor adjustment to the resolution adopted last month <br /> regarding grandfathering of projects for school impact fee collection purposes. The proposed <br /> language is provided below as well as a more detailed history of how vested we are in this <br /> development expansion. <br /> Thank you for your consideration. We believe the tax base generated by the expansion of our <br /> apartment complex and the associated affordable housing offering warrants consideration of <br /> this minor adjustment to the grandfathering provisions. <br /> Proposed Additional Language for Grandfathering Resolution <br /> BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT projects of 90-units in size or greater for which Detailed <br /> Building Elevations and Lighting Plan have been approved by the Town's Design <br /> Commission and Certificates of Adequacy of Public Schools (CAPS) have been issued <br />