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Developers and residents press council to revisit school impact fee calculations; planning commission to review Dec. 18
Summary
A Woodland resident and a developer raised technical and timing concerns about proposed school impact (SDC) fee increases, questioning the capacity assumptions and urging recalculation; staff said higher fees are driven mainly by inflation and that the planning commission will continue the hearing Dec. 18.
Members of the public told council Dec. 1 they want closer scrutiny of proposed increases to school impact fees. A Woodland resident who identified himself as a registered professional engineer questioned the methodology, saying the packet shows a projected need of 161 seats by 2031 while the SDC calculations used a larger 400–450 seat capacity. He argued the fees should be proportional to the lower capacity number and warned raising system development charges could increase upfront housing costs for homebuyers.
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