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APPENDIX <br />pRq~ SCHOOL IMPACT FEES: Cw~e~ Hiu~-Clvtxsoeo Cmr $CHOOts <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />OVERVIEW <br />As part of our Work Scope, TischlerBise has prepared documentation on demographic data and <br />development projections used in the Schools Impact Fee Studies. Two studies have been <br />conducted for Orange County: (1) Orange County Schools and (2) Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools. This Appendix covers both school systems in the County, while the body of the report <br />reflects Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools only. (The Orange County Schools report is issued <br />under separate cover.) The demographic data estimates for the school year 2006-2007 are used <br />in the fee calculations. <br />Impact fees can be defined as new growth's fair share of the cost to provide necessary capital <br />facilities. Fee revenue must be used for capacity expansions and cannot be used for operations <br />or maintenance costs. In deterrr,ining the reasonableness of these one-time fees, the fee must <br />meet three requirements: (1) Impact /Need: The needed capital facilities are a consequence of <br />new development; (2) Proportionality: Fees represent a proportionate share of the cost; and (3) <br />Benefit: Revenues are managed and expended in such a way that new development receives a <br />substantial benefit. The demographic data and analysis provided in this section provide the <br />foundation to meet the first two requirements listed above. <br />The development projections are used to establish a need for future infrastructure due to <br />growth as well as to have an understanding of the possible future pace of service demands, <br />revenues from impact fees, and projected capital expenditures. To the extent development <br />slows or accelerates, there will be virtually no effect on the fee amount. <br />Please note that calculations throughout are based on an analysis that was conducted using <br />Excel software. Results are discussed using whole numbers or one- to three-digit places, which <br />represent rounded figures. However, the analysis itself uses figures carried to their ultimate <br />decimal places; therefore the sums and products generated in the analysis may not equal the <br />sum or product if the reader replicates the calculation with the factors shown in the report (due <br />to the rounding of figures shown, not in the analysis). <br />A-1 <br />~1SCh~eC~i1Se <br />ilsn':Ccu~ndc f Pl,ttmirg Wma!taniS <br />