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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No V-r7-E <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 21, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: School Impact Fee Implementation - Interim Report <br />DEPARTMENT County Manager /Planning PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br />ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Report Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Marvin Collins, ext 2585 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To provide a report to the Board concerning the status of <br />plans for implementation of a set of school impact fees that will <br />become effective July 1, 1992. <br />BACKGROUND: One of the Commissioners' adopted goals for 1992 -93 is <br />the implementation of a set of school impact fees to assist in <br />financing construction of new school facilities necessitated by growth <br />in Orange County. Staff have been working toward this goal throughout <br />1991 -92, with the Planning Director having presented a draft technical <br />report to the Board of Commissioners in January 1992. <br />During the past month, staff have held discussions with representatives <br />of a number of organizations (municipal and school staffs, Chambers of <br />Commerce, Board of Realtors, Homebuilders Association, Orange Community <br />Housing) to solicit opinion with a view towards building consensus <br />about an appropriate program of school impact fees. County staff <br />members are also scheduled to make brief presentations on the impact <br />fee technical report to each municipal board during the month of April. <br />The attached staff report provides a synopsis of points of concern <br />about impact fees that have been raised by various parties that have <br />reviewed the draft technical report. A number of updates to the <br />original report are also included for review and discussion. Staff <br />will be available to respond to Commissioners' questions on impact fee <br />calculations. <br />Following a public hearing and any necessary additional meetings with <br />organizations directly interested in school impact fees, staff will be <br />prepared to bring a set of recommendations on impact fees to the Board <br />at the May 19 meeting. Commissioners may decide at that time, or <br />sometime during 1992 -93 budget deliberations in June, to establish the <br />school impact fee schedule to become effective July 1, 1992. <br />