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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To make matters worse the Council is considering a bill to cut revenue for school construction so they can give tax breaks to developers. MCPS did not even bother to submit testimony on the bill. [/quote]

This is to stimulate the upzoning, non-SFH residential construction in the county. Where the children living in this denser residential housing will go to school is a problem the council is kicking down the road. [/quote]

You can pay for schools with revenue other than from impact taxes. How do you think we built the schools for the baby boomers?[/quote]

A lot of them were built via proffer. Developers  either built the schools or contributed to schools on an ad hoc basis. The old system was actually more expensive for them. Are you suggesting we go back to that?[/quote]

No, those came later, too, other than setting aside some land.[/quote]

“Other than setting aside something really valuable” they didn’t provide anything. Except when they did provide something else like money or a building. Developers have never paid the full cost of building new schools but they don’t think they should have to pay anything and unfortunately the council president agrees with them. [/quote]

Small scale development didn't set aside land for schools. And MCPS has some land for schools to be built, schools that could be expanded, and some older properties that could be renovated.

It's ultimately not the developers that for impact fees- it's the residents, just in a different way from direct taxes.[/quote]

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