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Troutdale council hears appeal from developer over $400,000 system development charge; staff defends calculation, council schedules executive session
Summary
City staff recommended denial of an appeal by Yellow Development Group of a roughly $399,839 system development charge assessed when a congregate-care facility at 1323 SW Cherry Park Road was converted toward an 80-unit market-rate apartment configuration.
Troutdale staff told council that city code and adopted methodology support the system development charge assessment of $399,839.08 for the Yellow Development Group’s redevelopment at 1323 Southwest Cherry Park Road and recommended denial of the developer’s appeal.
Public Works Director Travis Holton explained the SDC methodology the city used: calculate the SDC for the proposed 80-market-rate units, then deduct credit for previously purchased system capacity paid by the site’s prior use. Holton said the prior use paid for capacity as a congregate-care facility and the city applied the current value of that previously purchased capacity when computing the credit. “When we apply that credit, we are applying credit for those units at current rates,” Holton said, adding that the code directs staff to apply credit for “the value of the system capacity previously purchased.”
City Attorney Ed Trumke and staff described…
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