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College Station council weighs impact-fee relief and other tools to spur affordable housing
Summary
In a lengthy workshop the council heard data and diverging views on impact fees: staff said fees pay for future infrastructure while builders said fees raise costs and redirect development; council asked the Housing Action Plan Advisory Committee to continue work and requested staff follow-up.
The College Station City Council spent a large portion of its June 12 workshop on housing affordability, hearing a detailed staff presentation on impact fees, parkland dedication and building permit fees and an extended council debate on whether fee waivers or other incentive tools could expand lower-cost housing.
Anthony Armstrong, planning and development, walked council through how impact fees are calculated from a 10-year CIP and showed where recoverable shares for roadway, water and wastewater come from. He explained that impact fees fund proportionate, growth-related capital projects and that some large developments receive credit or alternate funding…
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