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College Station council keeps roadway impact fees after heated public hearing, 5–2
Summary
After testimony from builders, realtors and residents and a 4–2 advisory recommendation to set fees to zero, the City Council voted 5–2 to retain current roadway impact fee rates; staff warned that eliminating fees would reduce projected growth-related funding and shift costs to taxpayers or delay projects.
The City of College Station City Council voted 5–2 on Jan. 22 to retain its current roadway impact fee schedule following a prolonged public hearing and wide-ranging council debate.
Anthony Armstrong, director of Planning & Development Services, briefed council on the statutory process, the Impact Fee Advisory Committee (IFAC) review and the city’s impact fee capital improvement program. He said IFAC recommended setting roadway impact fees to $0 by a 4–2 vote, but that IFAC members’ comments ranged from "the city has the money" to calls for a targeted policy review.
"That body voted 4 to 2 to make the impact fee 0," Armstrong said of the IFAC recommendation. He emphasized that impact fees are one mechanism to fund the share of new roadway capital driven by growth and that eliminating them would shift…
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