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Glendale hears staff review of proposed development impact fees; schedule set for public hearings and adoption
Summary
Consultants presented an impact fee study covering fire, police, parks and library; staff proposed higher fees driven by construction cost increases, outlined the adoption timeline and said fees would take effect Sept. 8 if adopted as scheduled.
Consultants from Tischler Bise presented Glendale’s proposed updates to development impact fees for fire, police, parks and library at the Jan. 28 workshop, explaining methodology, land use assumptions and a timeline for adoption.
Ben Griffin of Tischler Bise said development impact fees are one‑time payments for growth‑related capital capacity and that Arizona requires adoption of three documents: land use assumptions (LUA), an infrastructure improvements plan (IIP), and the fee schedule. He described basic methodologies—cost recovery, incremental and plan‑based—and noted statutory limitations on necessary public services (for example, staff said libraries are limited to 10,000 square feet under the state framework used).
Griffin said the city’s land‑use assumptions project about 7,400 new housing units and about 17,500 additional residents over the next 10 years, and MAG employment projections equate to roughly 15,000,000 square feet of nonresidential development. He presented proposed fee changes that reflect updated costs and construction inflation: for example, the proposed fire fee for a single‑family unit rises from $655 to roughly $900; the proposed single‑family library fee rises from about $200 to $355; parks fees increase from about $900 to nearly $1,200; police fees are roughly unchanged (current $719, proposed $702).
Griffin summarized schedule milestones staff described: adoption of the LUA and IIP is planned for the end of March; a public hearing for fees is expected in May with a June adoption; fees would take effect 75 days after adoption, on Sept. 8 under the current timeline.
Council members asked clarifying questions about categories such as hospitality jobs and service‑area splits; consultants said some cities split fee service areas (Buckeye example) and Glendale presently uses citywide service areas for the fees in today’s update. Staff and the consultant said site‑specific credits and dedicated revenue/ debt credits are handled in the study to avoid double charging developers.
No formal adoption occurred in the workshop; staff will continue the public process with hearings, evidence and the statutory notices required for impact fee adoption.
