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Task force presses city staff on high park acquisition fee projection
Summary
Task force members questioned a consultant-derived impact-fee estimate that initially projected roughly $22M (later reduced to about $13M after appraisal corrections), asked why the city’s 10-year acquisition spending had been only $2M, and requested staff explain the data and assumptions before council consideration.
Task-force members pressed city staff for clearer explanation of a parks/open-space impact-fee proposal and asked the task force to add a cautionary, directional voice to the council packet.
The chair summarized the issue: the consultant's proportionality study initially projected a high 10-year acquisition fee total (numbers in the packet showed $22 million under early inputs), which staff later reduced after correcting input errors and hiring an appraiser. Staff said corrected appraisal work put…
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