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Infrastructure and Public Facility Needs Assessment St udy – Ordinance Issues Memorandum, March 1, 2006, page 2 E. Post-Ordinance Reimbursements. If developers are required or agree to dedicate land or make eligible improvements for impact fee facilities after the effective date of the ordinance, they should be reimbursed from impact fees for the value of those improvements. F. Assessment Districts. All fees should be calculated county-wide and assessed with a county-wide fee schedule. G. Benefit Districts. Fees should be earmarked to be spent on the side of the island which they were collected (see Figure 1). Park fees should have H. Affordable Housing Projects. Rather than waive fees for a ffordable housing projects, the County intends to appropriate other funding to pay the impact fee for s I. Progressive Residential Fees. Single-family fees should vary by the size of the dwelling uni reduce fees for smaller units. J. Cost Recovery. The impact fee study will calculate maximum f ees that can be charged. Preliminary analysis indicates that the total maximum impact fees will exceed the current total fair share assessments. The County will be able to adopt impact fees at any percentage up to 100 per cent of the maximum fees. K. Phase-in Period. The recommended effective date of the impact fee ordinance is one year after the adoption date. During the one-year phase-in peri od, the fair share assessments would continue to be in effect. Following this initial phase-in period , the fees could be gradually increased up to the ultimate desired Ñcost recoveryÒ level over a year or more. 13276 research blvd , ste 208 austin tx 78750 phone 512 258 7347 fax 512 258 9994 email clancy@duncanplan.com # # # #