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Council authorizes $77,500 study to update nonresidential impact fees for transportation and parks
Summary
The council voted 4–1 to authorize a professional services agreement with Bowman for a nonresidential impact-fee study focused on transportation and parks; the study, priced at $77,500, is expected to start late 2025 and finish in 2026.
The North Bend City Council approved AB 25-107 to authorize the mayor to execute a professional services agreement with Bowman to update nonresidential impact fees for transportation and parks. The contract amount is $77,500. The council approved the measure by a 4–1 vote on Oct. 7, 2025.
Martin Shaw, the city’s finance director, told the council that impact fees are authorized under state law and are intended to recover the proportionate share of system improvements from new development under the “growth pays for growth” principle. The proposed study focuses on nonresidential impact fees for transportation and parks and, Shaw said, would apply specifically to hotel and motel operations. The city’s current impact fees for transportation and parks are codified under North Bend Municipal Code (NBMC) 17.36 and 17.38 and were last updated in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Shaw said Bowman (a Redmond-based financial consultancy) could begin work in the fourth quarter of 2025 and complete the study in 2026. He said the study would examine the scope of public infrastructure costs, determine the portion attributable to future growth, and allocate a proportionate share of those costs to new development.
Council member Alan Gothel moved the contract authorization and read the motion specifying Bowman in the amount of $77,500; Council member Collin seconded. Council member Susan Torgerson said she would not support the expenditure at this time because of a projected 2026 budget deficit and concerns about spending while the city addresses a shortfall. The motion passed 4–1; the transcript records Torgerson as the dissenting vote.
The study was previously reviewed by the Finance and Administration Committee (Aug. 12) and the Community and Economic Development Committee (Sept. 16), both of which recommended approval and referral to the full council.
