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' School District: Expenditures in this category are unique to the Chapel Hill- Carrboro school system and are based on <br />the level of expenditures possible through assessment of a supplementary school tax. <br />State: Expenditures in this category are based on appropriations from the State Board of Education. <br />Other PR.IA: <br />' County Government Tax Rate: The County tart rate per $100 of assessed valuation. Since the per capita method focuses <br />only on operating expenditures, the tax rate is reduced by an amount equal to the debt service payments for capital <br />projects. <br />' School District Tax Rate: The supplementary tax assessed on behalf of the Chapel Hill <br />pe - Carrboro school system. <br />' Assesstttent Ratio: The ratio of market (sales) value to assessed value based on information supplied by the Tax <br />Office. The assessment ratio is used to convert market value to assessed value for the purpose of computing the tax <br />base. <br />' Other Model Q_nqAnJj <br />Elderly Exemption: For projects developed partially or exclusively for elderly (65 and older) or disabled <br />' individuals whose annual income does not exceed $12,000, an $11,000 tax exemption is used in projecting the tax <br />base. <br />' SECTION 3 LDEM-199RA PHi C PROJECTIONS BARD ON PRQZCT DATA <br />Demographic projections provide information about the number of new residents and school children anticipated in <br />' Orange County resulting from project development. The projections are cumulative from one year to the next. <br />Total Housing Units: The cumulative total of new housing units added each year by project development. <br />' Total Population: The total population added each year by a project derived by multiplying the number of homes to be <br />constructed by the number of persons per household (see Section 1). <br />' School Children: The total number of school children added each year by a project derived by multiplying the number <br />of homes constructed by the number of children per household (see Section 1). <br />' <br />SECTION 4 - ENERAL VE FISCAL IMPACTS F PROJECI <br />' Tax Base: The tax base represents the increase in assessed property value expected each year resulting from project <br />development. The values shown are in $1,000's and are derived from a formula which includes the number and average <br />sales price of homes, and the assessment ratio. Where applicable, the percentage of non -elderly units and elderly <br />exemption are also used. <br />1 <br />Revenues: All revenues are derived from a formula which multiplies the per capita revenues (Section 2) times the <br />projected population (Section 3). The exception to this is the property tax which multiplies the tax base times the <br />county government tax rate. <br />Expenditures: All expenditures are derived from a formula which multiplies the per capita expenditures per service <br />function (Section 2) times the total projected population (Section 3). <br />Net Balance: The net balance is the difference between projected expenditures and projected revenues. A negative net <br />balance indicates that it costs Orange County more to provide services to a project than it receives in revenues. A <br />positive net balance indicates that more revenues are received than it costs to serve a project. Positive net <br />A -13 <br />