Idaho Falls council reviews staff statement documenting impact-fee appeal for Terrace Gate

Idaho Falls — City officials on a regular council agenda reviewed a staff-drafted statement intended to memorialize the council’s December 18 hearing and decision on an impact-fee appeal tied to the Terrace Gate development.

The draft, staff told council, consolidates the impact-fee administrator’s recommendations and the council direction taken at the December 18 public hearing so the city will have a clear written record if the decision is later questioned. “This documents the recommendations from the city’s impact-fee administrator in regards to the Terrace Gate development,” a council member said during the meeting.

Why it matters: Councilors pressed staff to confirm why the developer’s request for credit related to a right-of-way dedication was denied. “There’s no reference to the denial of the right-of-way request that was in the letter that Director Alexander wrote to them,” Councilor Freeman said, noting the denial was a major point in the earlier hearing. City attorneys and staff responded that the denial rests on a…