A. Description of improvements. The municipal office impact fee will be used to partially fund the construction of an expansion of the Town Hall and Community Center, which is shared by all Town of Windham administrative departments and provides office space for the Town Manager, Town Clerk, Tax Collection, Code Enforcement, Planning, Economic Development, Assessing, Information Technology, and Parks and Recreation. The facility contains approximately 23,155 gross square feet. The expansion and renovation planned for the Town Hall is projected to provide 30,000 square feet of space.

B. Need for improvements. The Town's long-term planning for public buildings has been guided by a Municipal Facilities Space Needs Study and Master Plan (September 5, 2014, SMRT, Inc.) That study reviewed, in consultation with affected municipal departments, total space needs anticipated for a period of 20 years. Demands for municipal services are expected to increase as a result of Windham's growing population and commercial and industrial uses.

C. Applicability. All new residential and commercial development activities commenced on or after August 28, 2020, shall be subject to the municipal office impact fee. Any residential structure constructed that creates one or more new dwelling units shall pay this impact fee based upon relative estimated household size. New commercial construction shall pay this impact based on the cost per square foot.

D. Amount of the fee. The municipal office impact fee shall be the adjusted per capita cost of providing additional municipal administrative services as determined in the Impact Fees for Public Safety and Town Office Facilities, Basis for Assessment and Fee Schedules, dated July 17, 2020, prepared by BCM Planning LLC.

E. Expenditure of funds. Fees will be collected on a Town-wide basis for capital improvements at the Town Hall and Community Center.

F. Sunset provision. Construction of the facility is intended to start in 2020. Debt service will start at the same time and be retired 20 years later. Therefore, the fee shall remain in effect until July 1, 2040, unless such time is extended by vote of the Town Council.

See Article 12: Impact Fees for detailed information.