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Vacaville staff outline methodology for updated development impact fees; public meetings continued
Summary
City staff and consultants walked through Mitigation Fee Act methodology and showed draft per‑unit and per‑square‑foot examples; council was told the maximum justifiable fees will be presented with policy options on Sept. 23 and a final recommendation in October.
City staff and outside consultants presented an informational session on Aug. 12 describing how the City of Vacaville calculates development impact fees under California law and previewed draft fee calculations and a timetable for council consideration.
Public Works Director Brian McClain introduced the team and said the effort follows the Mitigation Fee Act (California Government Code Section 66000 et seq.) and the city's recent nexus study. Gwen Omens (special project coordinator) and Luke Folch of Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) explained the five-step approach staff uses to compute maximum justifiable fees: (1) identify capital improvements tied to city policies and master plans; (2) estimate costs; (3) determine how much of each improvement can be allocated to…
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