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Council briefed on annualized impact-fee system to cut long-term update costs
Summary
Consultants described a data-table-based approach to update master plans, impact-fee analyses and rate studies annually to avoid large, infrequent studies; staff will bring a professional services agreement and proposed budget amendments for public hearing.
San Joaquin city staff and a consultant presented a proposal Sept. 2 to move master-plan and impact-fee updates from an infrequent, costly cycle to an annual data-table update system. The approach is intended to reduce long-term costs, make fee calculations more defensible, and give developers more predictable fee projections.
Chris Thompson of Hansen, Allen & Luce described a system of data tables already used by other Utah cities that captures variables for master plans, impact-fee analyses and rate studies. He said the initial setup cost would be comparable to prior full studies but that recurring annual updates would be minimal by comparison — Thompson and staff gave a current example of…
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