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Enumclaw council adopts fee changes for parks and cemetery; confirms CPI adjustment to school impact fee
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 1879 on May 26 to amend the city's fee schedule: Parks staff proposed a new, lower-frequency swim-team option to expand affordability, cemetery lot and mausoleum niche fees were adjusted due to reduced availability, and staff implemented a 3.1% CPI-based school impact fee update effective April 1.
The Enumclaw City Council on May 26 adopted Resolution 1879 to amend the city's fee schedule, approving several Parks Department and cemetery fee updates and confirming a CPI-based adjustment to the school impact fee.
Parks & Recreation Director Alina Hibbs told council the department proposes a two-day-a-week swim-team option to create a lower-cost pathway for participants alongside the existing three-day EELS program (the three-day program is listed at $276 in materials). The city also presented fee adjustments for infant lots, cremation garden lots and mausoleum alcove niches; staff said many categories are nearly sold out and prices were revised to reflect increased operations and maintenance costs and contributions to the cemetery endowment fund.
Cemetery operations staff explained the mausoleum changes were limited to remaining alcove niches after north- and south-facing niches sold out, and that the resolution shows removals (sold-out items) and updated prices for existing inventory.
Finance staff (Chris Vaseline) said the resolution makes a 3.1% adjustment to the school impact fee based on the Consumer Price Index for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area and aligns permit paperwork with fees already implemented administratively on April 1.
Council moved to adopt Resolution 1879; the motion passed by voice vote.
Council members asked staff to coordinate with the school district about the district's capital facilities plan and to return with any future proposals should the city consider deviating from the CPI-based adjustment.
