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Staff outlines what rejoining aquifer protection area would fund; $15 annual fee and roughly $2 million yearly estimated
Summary
City staff told council the proposed resolution would let the county ask residents whether they want to rejoin an aquifer protection area; staff explained the fee structure ($15 per parcel per year), potential uses (stormwater facilities, monitoring, well studies), and that about $2 million per year is expected with 20-year cycle.
City staff briefed Spokane City Council on April 7 about a county-led resolution that would ask city residents whether they want to rejoin an aquifer protection area; staff summarized the fee structure, likely uses, and regulatory context.
"It's not a property tax. It's a fee that's just collected through the property tax mechanism," Marlene Collins (staff member) said, explaining the charge would be an annual $15 per parcel fee, not a monthly tax, and that existing property-tax reductions for low-income residents generally would not apply to this fee.
Collins told the…
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