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Avondale holds public hearing on large jump in development impact fees tied to wastewater plant expansion
Summary
At a Jan. 12 public hearing, Avondale officials outlined proposed development impact fee increases driven by a wastewater reclamation facility expansion that raised project costs from about $80 million to $155 million; council scheduled adoption for Feb. 23 and set an effective date of May 9 if approved.
Avondale officials on Jan. 12 held a public hearing on proposed revisions to the city’s development impact fees after the estimated cost of a planned wastewater reclamation facility expansion nearly doubled.
Renee Weatherless, the city’s finance and budget director, told the council the project’s cost has risen from the roughly $80,000,000 used in the prior fee schedule to $155,000,000 in the updated estimate, and the city needs to adjust fees to recover the increased cost and debt-finance…
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