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State legislative change forces reevaluation of planned impact-fee increase; staff to return with concepts in August
Summary
Staff told commissioners a quiet state-law change altered the extraordinary-circumstances process for impact fees, requiring staff to reassess a planned increase from roughly $2,800 to about $4,080 and to return with concepts and a revised schedule, likely in August.
During the budget workshop Brandy (staff member and budget presenter) and the city manager told commissioners they discovered a legislative change this session that altered the extraordinary-circumstances process for increasing impact fees. Staff said the change was discovered late and requires reevaluating the city's plan to increase impact fees beyond previously planned steps.
Brandy described the city's earlier approach as preparing extraordinary-circumstances findings and public workshops leading to a supermajority vote to increase impact fees beyond a 50% threshold. She said the recent legislative modification is a "wrench in the plan" and that staff will bring updated impact-fee concepts to the commission in the August timeframe.
Staff cited approximate numbers discussed in preliminary modeling (moving from about $2,800 to about $4,080) but said the legislative change means the process and schedule must be reviewed before any formal public hearings or ordinance work. No action was taken at the workshop; staff said they will present revised impact-fee options and their required process steps in upcoming meetings.
