The Garden City council adopted Resolution 12-27-25, approving the North Ada County Fire & Rescue district’s capital improvement plan (05/19/2023). The resolution is the basis for changes to the district’s development impact-fee schedule presented at the meeting.

William Franklin Gategray III, appearing for the fire district, explained the statutory process and asked council to adopt the CIP; he said the CIP and related studies support changes to per-unit and per-square-foot fees. Consultant Colin (recorded in the packet as from Tishler Bise) summarized the study’s methodology (need, benefit, proportionality) and the fee-calculation approach, showing example figures produced by the nexus analysis: "That's $879 for a single family home, 591 per multifamily unit," he said. The consultant described CIP items — a station bay expansion, a new engine and equipment purchases — and explained the requirement that collected impact-fee dollars be spent in a timely fashion (within eight years, with limited exceptions).

A primary outstanding negotiation concerns when impact fees are paid and who is responsible to collect and enforce them. Gategray said the fire district prefers fees collected at building-permit issuance; city staff sought discretion to allow collection at certificate-of-occupancy in specific cases. "We're still in some issues with regards to logistics associated with when the development impact fees are collected," Gategray said. The council agreed to continue Resolution 12-29-25 (the intergovernmental agreement on collection/administration) to a date certain — Dec. 8 — while adopting the CIP.

Council conducted first readings by title only for the associated ordinance changes (Ordinances 10-60-25, 10-63-25 and 10-64-25) to update the fee schedule, correct clerical text and adjust advisory-committee references. Council recorded the first readings and moved the substantive intergovernmental-agreement resolution forward for continued negotiation. The resolution adopting the CIP passed on the council’s roll call.