Council awards $50,000 contract to update park impact fee plans

Clearfield City Council approved a contract to update the city's park impact fee analysis and Capital Facilities Plan, awarding the work to Zions Public Finance in partnership with Landmark Design.

Staff told the council the work will update the impact-fee facilities plan (last updated in 2013) and the associated capital facilities plan (adopted in 2012 and updated in 2018) and will inform any future changes to park impact fees. "Zions will do the impact fee analysis and Impact Fee Facilities Plan," the presenter said, and Landmark Design "will largely take the lead on the Capital Facilities Plan." The presenter said the firm's projected cost was "just under 50,000." (Transcript spelling and punctuation preserved.)

The council approved a project budget of $50,000 with a $5,000 contingency to cover potential variation in scope; the staff presentation said the work will be funded from park impact fees. Council Member Ashford moved to award the contract to Zions Public Finance and to authorize the mayor's signature; Council Member Jason E. Thompson seconded. The motion carried by voice vote and was recorded in the transcript as unanimous.

The consultant team is expected to present the completed analysis and recommendations to the council, at which point council members will decide whether to change impact-fee rates or policies. The transcript does not record a numerical roll-call tally for the vote, only that it was unanimous.

Next steps noted in the meeting: staff will proceed with the contract execution and schedule the consultant presentation for a future council meeting.