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City staff propose higher stormwater review cap and fee changes, with exemptions for certain projects
Summary
Staff presented revisions to the stormwater design standard manual: a $500 base fee, $400 per disturbed acre, and a new maximum fee of $20,500 (reached at 50 acres); exemptions and reduced caps apply for erosion‑only reviews and projects with 50%+ affordable housing.
City staff told the committee they plan to revise stormwater review fees and some administrative policies to better reflect review effort and to respond to developer feedback.
The presentation outlined a retained base fee of $500 and a change to $400 per disturbed acre. Staff said the proposed maximum fee would increase to $20,500 (which the presentation noted is met at about 50 acres of disturbance). The presenter said the city will keep a $5,000 cap for projects that only require erosion‑and‑sediment control review — for example, early site demolition or linear public‑right‑of‑way utility work — because those projects require less staff time.
The proposal also includes a provision that subsequent resubmittals to the technical review committee that are not limited to stormwater paperwork would be charged one‑half the previous fee, and that city projects or projects with 50% or more affordable housing would be charged no stormwater review fee. Staff said they had met with the Home Builders Association and some commercial developers for feedback and expected to return with a short administrative fee proposal in the next one or two meetings.
"We have the base fee as 500. We're now doing plus 400 per disturbed acre with a cap moved up to 20,500," the presenter said. Committee members asked about the timeline for the administrative fee; staff replied they had shared numbers with BFRC and hoped to return within one or two meetings to finalize the admin fee.
The committee received the report and discussed next administrative steps; no formal ordinance or final fee adoption was recorded in the transcript.
