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v O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 26, 1992 Agenda Abstract Item # C– / SUBJECT: IMPACT FEES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: —X —Yes No ATTACHMENT(8): INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical Report Planning Director X2592 (Separate enclosure) Proposed Ordinance PHONE NUMBERS: (Separate enclosure) 5/4/92 Chapel Hill Town Hillsborough 732 -8181 Council Correspondence Mebane 227 -2031 5/11/92 Hillsborough Town Durham 688 -7331 Board Resolution Chapel Hill 967 -9251 5/4/92 Draft Public Hearing Minutes Excerpts - FY 1992 --97 CIP PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a technical report and implementing ordinance concerning a system of impact fees to help finance a portion of school capital needs in Orange County. BACKGROUND: For several years, Orange County has pursued an objective of helping to fund school capital needs created by growth. During the 1987 Session, the General Assembly authorized the County to levy impact fees in its planning jurisdiction for a number of needs, including school capital. A joint governmental work group investigated the possibilities of an impact tax in the county in 1988 -89. The County proposed legislation in the 1991 Session of the General Assembly seeking authority to impose an impact tax for school capital needs. The legislation was withdrawn due to local opposition. However, the County did receive authority in the 1991 Session to impose impact fees for school capital needs throughout the county, not just within the County's planning jurisdiction. Impact fees are still a relatively new funding mechanism, and case law concerning them is still developing. There are some complicated statutory and constitutional considerations involving setting an impact fee. For this reason, the County staff