A new task

force that will look for ways to charge developers some

of the costs of new county facilities and services caused

23.

The

ten-member impact fee study commission will meet at 4

p.m. in the County Commission meeting room at the County

Administrative Complex, 140 Stonewall Ave., Fayetteville.

County

planner Chris Venice has mailed information about

Georgia's impact fee laws to the group, which will make

recommendations to the County Commission about how it sh

ould administer impact fees.

Such fees

are charged to developers to help defray the cost of new

services, but state law requires that the county prove

its case before levying the charges. That's the task

force's job.

Commissioners

Linda Wells and Greg Dunn, elected last fall, promised

during their campaigns to push for imposition of the

fees, and Commissioner Harold Bost, now in his second

term, has advocated impact fees for two years.

Proponents

say the fees will take some of the burden of growth off

of current residents and shift it to new residents moving

into the county.

Appointment

of the advisory committee is the first step. The group

will study the county's plans for capital improvements

and make recommendations for which of those could be

partially paid for using impact fees.

Fees can be

charged to developers to help build new recreation

fields, roads or other facilities, or to fund county

programs, but only enough to cover the demonstrated

impact of a given development on those facilities or

programs.

The task

force will study Fayette's needs and recommend which

programs should be funded using impact fees, and develop

the recommended fee structure.

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