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Yakima staff to seek RFQ to scope impact‑fee study after council discussion
Summary
Council signaled consensus for staff to prepare an RFQ to scope an impact‑fee rate study; staff warned the study is complex, may cost tens of thousands and is not currently budgeted.
Bill Preston (staff) summarized how impact fees work and told the council the study to set legally defensible rates is detailed and requires outside expertise. “So what are impact fees? So impact fees are 1 time charges assessed by a local government against a new development project to help pay for any new or expanded public capital facilities that will directly address the increased demand for services created by that development,” Preston said.
Preston and councilmembers discussed statutory limits and required elements for any impact‑fee program: fees must be tied…
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