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Board adopts developer-fee study and authorizes increase to Level 1 school facility fee
Summary
After a public hearing and presentation of a SchoolWorks justification study, the Merced City School District Board adopted a resolution to collect the maximum Level 1 school facility fee the district may charge: $3.59 per square foot (two-thirds of the state-updated $5.38 residential rate). The increase takes effect after the statutorily required 60-day waiting period.
The Merced City School District Board of Education voted to adopt a developer-fee justification study and a resolution authorizing an increase to the district’s share of the state Level 1 school facility fee.
Director Brian Bain introduced SchoolWorks’ study, and a consultant presenting the analysis said updated state-adjusted Level 1 rates are $5.38 per residential project and $0.87 per commercial or industrial project, and that the district’s statutory share is two-thirds of the residential rate—$3.59. The consultant said the study calculated an average home size of 1,431 square feet, an expected 262 new housing units per year, a student yield of 0.388 students…
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