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Planning commission backs trust-fund UDC changes, forwards impact-fee item to City Council
Summary
City staff recommended consolidating trust-fund buckets, eliminating lift-station reimbursements and preparing to implement impact fees; planning commissioners approved proposed UDC text amendments and asked council to consider impact fees and a phase-in period to reconcile an estimated $1.3 million trust-fund deficit.
Planning commission members voted to approve proposed Unified Development Code text amendments that would tighten how the city's trust fund reimburses developers and to forward materials on impact fees for City Council consideration.
The commission's action followed a staff presentation from Yvette Wallace, interim director of Development Services, who outlined two parallel recommendations from the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee (SEAC): modernize the local trust-fund policy and, separately, adopt impact fees for water, wastewater, stormwater and road infrastructure. Wallace said SEAC recommended adoption in October 2026 and proposed sunsetting the trust-fund fees at that time to avoid duplicate charges.
Wallace told commissioners the trust fund has reimbursed more than $41.5 million historically but currently shows an approximately $1.3 million deficit. To improve solvency she proposed consolidating four reimbursement "buckets" into…
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