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Council reviews draft impact‑fee study; schedules work sessions to shape capital improvement plan and ordinance
Summary
Council members questioned how the draft impact‑fee study values park amenities, handles residential square footage, and treats mixed‑use/nonresidential uses; consultant Colin Almon answered questions and the council set a series of work sessions to refine the capital improvement plan, definitions and ordinance language before potential adoption.
The Idaho Falls City Council met with consultant Colin Almon to review a draft development impact‑fee study and the related capital improvement plan (CIP). Council members asked clarifying questions about how the study defines park amenities, values land versus improvements, treats mixed‑use buildings and residential square footage, and accounts for construction‑cost inflation.
The consultant and staff explained methodology Almon said the study treats park “amenities” as capital items that expand capacity (playfields, playgrounds, ballfield lights, shelters), and that land purchase and development costs are modeled separately. The consultant reported a weighted‑average valuation for an amenity of about $113,000 and said the study projects a five‑year growth‑related need of roughly 53 acres of developed park space and about 21 park amenities.
Almon said lighting for ballfields is an eligible amenity because lights expand usable hours and therefore…
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