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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 11, 2000 Action Agenda Item. No. SUBJECT: Pro osed A reement for Student Generation Rate and Im act Fee Studies DEPARTMENT: Planning 8~ Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Tischler and Associates Proposal Form of Proposal TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, ext 2592 PURPOSE: To consider awarding a proposal to Tischler and Associates, Inc, for professional services associated with the Student Generation Rates and Impact Fee Studies; and to authorize the Manager to sign an agreement reflecting substantially the terms of the attached proposal. BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners adopted three goals (Public Schools Impact Fees, Adequate Public Facilities, and Analysis of Impacts of Growth) in June 1999 that address the need to conduct studies on student generation rates and impact fees. Existing analysis on bath issues was originally conducted in 1994 and 1995 and in recent years, the need to verify and/or update the previous findings has become clear. OR/Ed Laboratories conducted student enrollment studies approximately five years ago using data from existing school databases. Their findings paralleled the Department of Public Instruction's projections. In view of the actual increases in enrollment that have occurred versus the OR/Ed projections showing waning growth, it is reasonable to conclude that the OR/Ed work may not have resulted in the most accurate information being applied at that time for future school planning. OR/Ed projections need to be updated, and while the new studies may also employ current data used by the school districts, the use of complementary sources of student information and Planning staffs monitoring of the process will lead to more credible results. Another element in favor of these new studies is the need to empirically test various assumptions that have been informally applied for student generation rates in the two school districts: Another reason is to examine the need for, and cost of providing, new school space for the growing student population that would support a request from the Orange County Board of Education to increase the impact fee in the Orange County School District. Furthermore, the Triangle Apartment Association has expressed interest in an examination of any differences that may exist in student generation rates between housing types, which is a planned element of the study.