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Council authorizes town manager to sign contracts for wayfinding and impact-fee studies funded from TIF district
Summary
The South Berwick Town Council voted to authorize the town manager to sign a $25,800 contract for a wayfinding/signage study and a $45,650 contract for an impact-fee study, both to be paid from previously allocated tax increment financing (TIF) funds. Councilors debated timing and scope; one councilor voted against the wayfinding contract.
The South Berwick Town Council on April 22 authorized the town manager to sign two contracts — a $25,800 wayfinding and signage design study with Wright-Pierce and a $45,650 impact-fee study with TishlerBise — to be paid from previously allocated Pompent (TIF) district funds.
Carlo DeFarlane, the presenter for the proposals, said the two studies are intended to help the town plan downtown signs and calculate legally defensible impact fees tied to capital costs. "Impact fees are a tool to support and direct growth that is already happening," DeFarlane told the council, explaining that an impact-fee study sets a lawful maximum and that…
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