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Council workshops parks impact-fee options; staff recommends trimming outliers (Option 3), first reading proposed Jan. 7
Summary
City staff and consultants presented three alternatives for calculating parks impact fees (baseline weighted land value ~$147,000/acre; options remove downtown parcels, central-city parcels or high/low outliers). Staff recommended Option 3 (remove outliers); council indicated informal consensus and staff scheduled a first reading for a fee ordinance on Jan. 7 with possible rebate language for applications in the pendency period.
City staff and consultants reviewed revised parks impact-fee calculations at the Dec. 15 workshop and recommended a refined option that trims extreme land-value comparables to reduce the land-cost input used in the fee model.
Consultant Carson (Tishler Heiss) explained the baseline study used a weighted average land sale price of about $147,000 per acre and presented three alternatives: (1) remove downtown parcels (which are disproportionately multifamily/high-value comparables), (2) remove central-city parcels, and (3) remove the three highest and three lowest sale-price outliers. Trimming outliers…
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