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Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) - Recommended Update to Student Generation Rates
PURPOSE: The SAPFO Memorandum of Understanding outlines a process for updating student generation rates used in the SAPFO processes. A study of student generation by housing types was completed in 2014; in May needed corrections were identified. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners is scheduled to consider adoption of the new rates on October 6th, 2015; comments from the other parties to the MOU have been requested by September 18th.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327; pmcguire@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: As part of the 2015 update of the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) report (<http://www.orangecountync.gov/2015_SAPFOTAC_Annual_Report.pdf>), Orange County contracted with Tischler-Bise to update the student generation rate analysis. Previous numbers were from the 2007 Impact Fee Study which included student generation rates from the entire housing stock. New rates were developed based on an inventory of residential units built from January 2004 through December 2013. Subsequent to the Board of Aldermen’s approval of the report in April, Orange County staff discovered that some of the units had been classified incorrectly. The revised rates, prepared in May by Tischler-Bise are based on the corrected data (Attachment B). These rates are recommended for use in SAPFO processes.
The Board of Aldermen requested other follow-up in association with approval of the SAPFOTAC report on April 7th. Staff is working on compiling the requested information and will be scheduling for Board review.
FISCAL & STAFF IMPACT: None noted with the adoption of the new rates.
RECOMMENDATION:r Staff recommends that the Board of Aldermen consider adoption of the attached resolution supporting use of the new rates in SAPFO processes (Attachment A).