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Council debates mobility fee changes; staff says new numbers fit state limits, will add item to next week's agenda
Summary
After last week's split vote, staff presented revised mobility-fee figures and statutory constraints (no more than 50% increase over 4 years; maximum 12.5% per year) and recommended adding the updated ordinance language to next week's council agenda for reconsideration and possible adoption before Oct. 1.
Assistant City Manager Mark Mason presented updated calculations tying the proposed mobility fee schedule to state impact-fee statute constraints. Mason and the mayor explained the statutory framework that limits how quickly an existing impact/fee schedule can change: a fee increase that is greater than 25% but not more than 50% of the current rate must be implemented over four years (effectively up to 12.5% per year when the 50% cap applies); increases under 25% can be phased over two years.
Mason walked the committee through a comparison table that maps the city—s current impact-fee categories to the proposed mobility-fee amounts and shows a compliant multi-year implementation schedule. The…
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