Agenda - 04-18-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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34 1 FINANCIAL IMPACT: Allowing for a longer grandfathering period is likely to result in a lesser 2 amount of school impact fee collections than might otherwise be collected. 3 Commissioner McKee asked if this applicant came before the Board in February. 4 Craig Benedict said yes. 5 6 PUBLIC COMMENT: 7 Wayne Hadler said he was before the BOCC on February 21St. He said they are hoping 8 to submit their ZCP tomorrow. He said the way the resolution is written now, on page 2 of the 9 agenda, calls for an issuance of a ZCP by July 31, 2017. He said when the ZCP is submitted it 10 will likely be reviewed by Chapel Hill, come back to him, and be resubmitted with corrections. 11 He said due to this slow timeline, it is likely that he will be unable to meet the proposed 12 deadlines for the County. He said his proposed solution is to change the language to read that 13 the ZCP will be submitted by May 2017, and the issuance will occur by December 31, 2017. 14 Wayne Hadler said this is a project that will build out an estimated $625,000 per year of 15 tax revenue, and one that has a wonderful affordable housing component to it, providing $4 16 million of value to the Town of Chapel Hill over 25 years. He said this will include six apartment 17 units, of mixed bedroom size, that will be leased to the Town for $12/year for 25 years. 18 Commissioner Rich asked if these apartments are for UNC Students, with the exception 19 of the affordable housing. 20 Wayne Hadler said yes. He said the affordable units will be on the Hillsborough side of 21 the project, closer to the houses. 22 Craig Benedict said the amendments being requested to the resolution in Attachment 3 23 states the Applicant wishes to have a submittal by May 15, and an issuance prior to December 24 31, 2017. 25 John Roberts said he has typed out the petitioner's request in the form of two new 26 paragraphs at the end that he can read into the record, if the Board votes to adopt the changes 27 requested by the Petitioner. 28 Chair Dorosin said the Applicant made a petition, which the Board referred to staff. He 29 said staff and the Petitioner have worked together in good faith, and in the interim, legislation 30 was introduced that would eliminate the County from being able to collect impact fees. He said 31 the Board's willingness to work with this issue existed in advance of the legislative bills being 32 filed, and by no means is the Board acting with a gun to its head. 33 Wayne Hadler said that Chair Dorosin sent a personal email to him after the February 34 21st meeting to let him know that his request had been referred to staff. 35 John Roberts read the proposed amendments to the resolution: 36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT projects of 90-units in size or greater for which a Zoning 37 Compliance Permit application has been has been submitted prior to May 15, 2017 and for 38 which a building permit application has been submitted prior to January 31, 2019 may choose to 39 pay either the public school impact fee that was in effect for 2016 for the housing type(s) 40 proposed in the application or the fee required by the public school impact fee schedule in 41 section 30-33 of Chapter 30, Article II of the Orange County Code of Ordinances, provided the 42 fee is paid prior to June 30, 2020 and a Certificate of Compliance is issued prior to December 43 31, 2020. 44 45 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT applicants for additional grandfathering of projects of 90- 46 units in size or greater that submit a zoning compliance permit application prior to May 15, 2017 47 may submit requests and supporting information no later than July 31, 2017 to Orange County 48 Planning Staff who, in conjunction with the Orange County Attorney, will prepare agenda items 49 for Orange County Board of Commissioners consideration at the next available regular meeting 50 of the Orange County Board of Commissioners.