TischlerBise was retained by the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, to review and analyze potential cash proffer funding to meet the demands for public facilities generated by new development in the County. Cash proffers are used in Virginia in a similar manner to impact fees to provide funding for growth related capital improvements, however cash proffers are voluntary and requested only on rezoning applications instead of all by-right development. TischlerBise reviewed and further evaluated the County’s existing cash proffer categories of public capital improvements: schools, parks and recreation, libraries, sheriff, fire and rescue, and general government and calculated new proffers for transportation and utilities. The cash proffer methodologies improved the County’s current adopted cash proffer policy by providing a better linkage between the demand for infrastructure from different types of land uses and the resulting costs. For instance, the cash proffer amounts for single family units are presented by size of unit, providing a more progressive program where smaller units that generate less demand would pay a lower amount.
