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Consultant proposes $729-per-unit land fee and $1,411 development fee to update Navasota parkland ordinance
Summary
A consultant presented a data-driven update to Navasota's parkland dedication ordinance, recommending a $729 per-dwelling fee-in-lieu and a $1,411 park-development fee (total $2,140 per unit), plus a methodology tied to county appraisal values; staff will ask legal counsel to draft an ordinance if council concurs.
At a council workshop, consultant Paul Howard recommended changes to Navasota's parkland-dedication ordinance and fee methodology aimed at making the policy defensible and data-driven.
Howard told the council he used Grimes County Appraisal District tax-roll values and GIS parcel analysis to derive a market value of $25,236 per acre for land in the city and extraterritorial jurisdiction. Based on that methodology, he recommended a fee-in-lieu of land of $729 per dwelling unit.
Separately, Howard reviewed park development costs from statewide…
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