Tacoma staff outline transportation impact fee framework; committee asks for more analysis and outreach

City of Tacoma public‑works staff and consultants presented a draft framework for transportation impact fees to the Infrastructure Planning and Sustainability (IPS) Committee on June 11, describing the legal basis, candidate projects, districting and sample fee calculations and asking for committee feedback before returning with additional study and community outreach.

Presentation and findings: Assistant Director Jeff Jenkins introduced the presentation and turned the briefing over to Jennifer Kamrizzel (Public Works interim division manager) and consultant Kendra Bridal of Fehr & Peers (consultant name recorded in the transcript as "Fair and Piers"). Staff said state law and the Growth Management Act authorize impact fees for public streets and multimodal facilities (bicycle and pedestrian), and noted that previous feasibility work in Tacoma began in 2018. Staff reviewed the process: identify eligible projects from the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), discount project costs for existing deficiencies, allocate eligible costs to districts based on trip origins/destinations and calculate a per‑trip fee tied to land‑use growth assumptions.

Staff reported that they screened the city’s six‑year CIP and identified 52 candidate projects that may be strong candidates for impact‑fee funding. Staff said costs and eligibility assessments were performed for projects intended to add network capacity (as distinct from on‑site or frontage work developers perform). Staff described six draft fee districts that were drawn around land‑use…