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Consultant details proposed municipal impact fee increases, resident questions timing
Summary
A consultant presented proposed municipal impact fee increases for police, fire and parks — citing rapid population growth and rising construction and equipment costs — and a resident warned that fees collected at permit time won’t immediately fix current infrastructure shortfalls.
A consultant for the city presented a detailed study recommending higher municipal impact fees for police, fire and parks and described the statutory process the commission must follow to exceed standard implementation limits.
“For the record, Sean Ocasio, Raftalis Financial Consultants. I am a senior manager there,” Ocasio said as he opened the second public workshop on the proposed increases. He described impact fees as charges “paid by new development and redevelopment that results in any increased demand for service or for infrastructure or facility related capacity.”
Ocasio said the study shows proposed increases to better align fees with the capital costs tied to growth. He said current police impact fees of $747 per single-family dwelling would rise to $1,116 under the full-calculation scenario (about a 49% increase). Fire-related residential fees, he said, would rise from $708 to $1,104 (about 56%). Parks-and-recreation fees…
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