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REVISED- 12/9/08 Abstract and New Attachments meeting and at the October 14, 2008 BOCC work session. Letters received from the school districts are included as Attachment 2. On December 1, 2008, the BOCC conducted a public hearing on the consultant reports. Seven (7) persons, all homebuilders and/or realtors, spoke at the public hearing in opposition to raising the impact fee. The staff proposed fee level ranges considered at the public hearing were as follows: • $5,069 - $11,423 for a new single-family detached dwelling in the Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) district, and • $3,000 - $5,623 for a new single-family detached dwelling in the Orange County Schools (OCS) district. For reference purposes the current impact fees adopted in 2001 are shown in the table below: Adopted School Impact Fees (2001) [NOTE: Fee levels were adopted at 60% of the Maximum Supportable Im act Fee MSIF for CHCCS and 56% of the MSIF for OCS Chapel Hill-Carrboro Orange County Schools Schools Single-Family & Multi-wide $4 407 $3 000 Manufactured Homes , , Multi-Family & Single-wide $1 979 $1 420 Manufactured Homes , , The County Attorney has indicated to staff the County should adopt impact fees at the same percentage of the respective MSIF in each school district. Based on budget needs and comments heard at the public hearing, staff is proposing impact fee levels be increased on an incremental basis as shown in the following tables. Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools Staff Recommended Educational Facilities Impact Fee Levels Effective Effective Effective Effective January 1, July 1, January 1, January 1, 2009 2009 2011 2013 32% MSIF 40% MSIF 50% MSIF 60% MSIF Sin le-Famil Detached $6,092 $7,616 $9,520 $11,423 Sin le-Famil Attached $3,525 $4,406 $5,508 $6,610 Multifamil $686 $858 $1,072 $1,286 Manufactured Homes $2,634 $3,293 $4,116 $4,939