08-06-1998 Continued Meeting
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CONTINUED MEETING OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS HELD THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR
NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT
PRESENT: Robert C. Claud, Sr., .Chairman
O. A. Spady, Vice-Chairman
Malcolm T. Cofer
Phillip. A. Bradshaw
Henry H. Bradby
-Also Attending: H. Woodrow Crook, Jr., County Attorney
W. Douglas Caskey, County Administrator
Donald T. Robertson, Assistant to the
County Administrator/Director of Human
Resources
Melinda Goodwyn, Acting Recording Secretary
Chairman Claud called the continued meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. for the
purpose of conducting a work session to discuss the fiscal impacts of the
Graymor rezoning application.
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Paul Tischler, Tischler & Associates provided the Board with a brief
overview presentation of the original fiscal impact assessment done on the
Graymor application. Mr. Tischler suggested the Board may wish to determine
the fiscal impact if 20% of the land has not been developed for non-residential
uses when 80% of the housing has been, then the applicant could pay some
amount per house. Additionally, the County should be concerned about the
coverage of the non-residential land because if the amount of coverage for that
land is 5% verses 25%, the County has lost a lot of ratables.
.Branch Lawson, developer, recommended that tap fees collected in excess
of annual debt be applied to the debt. Mr. Lawson. stated he feels strongly that
the School's student generation numbers are ten percent (10%) to twenty percent
(20%) high, as his numbers for school age students per household were derived
from the last 500 homes built in the County. Mr. Lawson also stated he does not
see what difference it makes if the amenity complex is private or public if people
are using the amenities for recreation and not using existing County facilities.
Jonathan W. Hartley, Director of Planning and Zoning, stated the
following points should be included in a revised fiscal impact study:
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There will be an increase to 660,000 square feet and provide a traffic
impact study would be provided to reflect this amount
Credit will be given for the interest generated off .any residual
connection fees above and beyond the debt load
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The Town of Smithfield and Town of Windsor population and
employees should be removed from all of the various licenses and
taxes
There is an increased cost for building/inspection and planning staff
to deal with the additional demand on those staffs for reviewing and
approving the project through the twenty (20) year cycle. Once the
project is built-out, this increased cost should be eliminated.
The appraised value of real estate should beset at 98% of its market
value.
Re-evaluate all variables in terms of the additional cost for
commercial
Adjust the figure for the State's contribution from one officer per
2,000 population to one officer per 1,500 population and review `
what the increase demand on services would be because of increased
commercial space
In terms of recordation taxes, Tischler is to review what specific
instruments or documents are actually recorded .and base that
variable on more detailed data
Tischler recommended that fire and. rescue costs be evaluated in
terms of Graymor's percentage over the larger service area of the
Carrollton fire district and that Planning and Zoning be involved in
recalculating this
Regarding amenities complex, because it is not a proffered condition
the County can not give credit when it does not know what it
involves, what it is worth and how it will .affect services. Supervisor
Bradshaw noted the County. could give Graymor credit if it is a
proffered condition.
Give a credit for the value of the proffers that are off-site related,
plus proffers for property or land provided for a school site.
Mr. Tischler recommended that if the Board wished to change. the pupil
generation rate assumptions, this can be done by the School Board which
includes total housing in the County, not just three (3) subdivisions.
The Board members noted their favor of using the 802 figure used by
Tischler in the earlier report.
Mr. Lawson noted there would be a further decrease in the proffered
number of units as there was an adjustment made to the property boundaries due
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to a new survey with the number of units being decreased to 1,475.
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Mr. Hartley stated regarding- school age population, he understands he will
use the same variables as used by Tischler earlier in a study of a factor of 802,
applied to the new number of housing units based on the breakdown as provided
by Mr. Lawson.
Chairman Claud recommended Mr. Hartley review the appropriate data
with Mr. Tischler, compile a listing of what the run will be based on. Should
there be any disagreement, the parties can meet and further discuss the remaining
issues.
Supervisor Bradshaw requested that the scenario proposed by Tischler be
run with the 20/80 ratio between commercial and residential development
proposed as a proffer by the applicant.
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At 8:00 p.m., Supervisor Cofer moved the Board adjourn. The motion was
adopted unanimously (S-0). >
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Robert C. Claud, Sr., Chairman
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