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Council introduces disposable foodware impact fee concept and asks staff to estimate nexus‑study cost
Summary
Councilmember Burris introduced a proposal to study a disposable foodware impact fee to recoup cleanup and stormwater costs associated with single‑use packaging from out‑of‑town traffic; council directed staff to return with an estimate for a legally required nexus study (roughly $10,000 cited) and tabled further action.
Councilmember Burris presented a policy initiative to explore a disposable foodware impact fee aimed at reducing litter and paying for litter abatement, stormwater compliance and frontage-road maintenance triggered by high volumes of single‑use packaging in an interstate stop town.
Burris cited examples from Truckee and South Lake Tahoe and said some jurisdictions charge a per‑item fee on disposable…
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