Agenda Date: 12/04/2018
Subject:
Title
An ordinance on second reading deleting chapter 7 of title 11, capital facility impact fee and adding chapter 14 of title 1, land development fees
Body
Presented By:
Tiffany Hooten, Finance Director
POLICY QUESTION
Does city council support updating the capital facility impact fees?
BACKGROUND:
Council adopted capital facility impact fees in August of 2013 (Ordinance 14, Series of 2013) and amended the fees in July of 2014 (Ordinance 17, Series of 2014). The fees are charged for new residential and non-residential development and fund capital improvements to address demand attributable to the new development. The impact fee categories adopted by council include: fire, museum, library, police, facilities, and transportation.
The fees were based on the Impact Fee Design Analysis report by BBC Research and Consulting dated July 30, 2013 and updated by a supplemental memorandum dated June 5, 2014. In the adopted ordinance, the fees are to be used to fund capital improvements to address demand attributable to new development and are not to be used to fund operation, maintenance, or replacement costs or otherwise fund the general costs of government. Additionally, the impact fee applies regardless of the value of the property developed and shall be imposed in addition to other fees, taxes, or charges of the city.
Upon adoption of the impact fees by city council, BBC Research and Consulting recommended that the impact fees be periodically revisited to ensure the fees reflect capital facilities standards and are appropriately apportioned to new development. The fees have not been adjusted since 2014.
Staff has updated the transportation impact fee to reflect needed street and infrastructure improvements resulting in a recommended increase to the transportation capital facility impact fee.
Beginning in 2019, the city will contract with South Metro Fire Rescue for fire services; the city will no longer collect fire cap...
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