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Council affirms impact-fee administrator’s denial but directs staff to negotiate reimbursement
Summary
After a quasi-judicial hearing, the Idaho Falls City Council upheld the administrator’s denial of transportation-impact credits for developer work on Skyline Drive, granted a demolition-related prior-use credit, and directed staff to pursue an informal reimbursement process based on submitted contractor bids.
The Idaho Falls City Council on Dec. 2 affirmed the impact-fee administrator’s decision to deny a developer request for credit or reimbursement related to widening Skyline Drive, but instructed staff to negotiate an informal reimbursement offer as outlined in the administrator’s Nov. 6 letter.
Appellants Erin Bingham and Eric Reed, representing Barnwood Townhomes and Terrace Gate Condominiums, told the council they had been asked during the planning process to widen Skyline Drive from an 80-foot to a 100-foot cross section, dedicating right-of-way and incurring roadway construction costs (appellants provided a contractor bid summary showing a roadway construction subtotal of $328,212.50). They said…
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