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Board adopts consolidated user fee schedule with one item pulled for further review; traffic mitigation fees held flat
Summary
County staff presented a consolidated user fee schedule that applies CPI adjustments and staged catch‑up increases for Community Development Agency permit fees; the board adopted the schedule but asked staff to return with further review of a single Title 25 residential fee.
Senior management analyst Barry Anderson and Community Development Agency fiscal officer Alicia Chacharvedula presented a consolidated user fee schedule for FY 2025–26 that would reauthorize incremental CPI adjustments for many fees and apply a staged catch‑up for several CDA permit fees identified in a 2024 fee study.
Why it matters: user fees recover the cost of county regulatory and fee‑based services. The consolidated schedule balances cost recovery against accessibility; the board approved the schedule with a single exception and separately approved not increasing local and regional traffic mitigation fees for the coming year.
What staff proposed - UFREG process: county staff reasserted the role of the User Fee Review Group (UFREG) to vet fee studies and recommend fees that do not exceed the reasonable cost of…
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