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El Mirage council accepts impact-fee report but votes to halt adoption process
Summary
El Mirage council accepted a consultant's development-impact-fee report on Feb. 18, 2026, but voted to conclude the statutory adoption process rather than move immediately to impose new fees, citing competitiveness and uncertainty about future growth.
El Mirage Mayor Jamacia and the City Council on Feb. 18 accepted a consultant's development impact fee analysis but voted to conclude the evaluation instead of beginning the statutory adoption process for new fees.
The council heard from staff and consultant Carson Bice that TischlerBise had analyzed roughly $34.4 million in capital projects across fire, parks, police and streets. Robert, presenting the report, said the analysis estimated that development impact fees could cover about $14 million of the identified capital needs, with roughly $17.2 million expected to remain on the city's general-fund obligations and $3.2 million tied to wastewater funds. "Those $34,400,000 of total projects basically covers two funds," Robert said during the presentation.
Council members probed specific line items.…
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