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Council adopts Resolution 1879 to update parks fees, cemetery pricing and a CPI-based school impact fee adjustment
Summary
Council approved Resolution 1879, updating parks fees (including a lower-cost swim-team option and cemetery pricing adjustments) and formalizing a 3.1% CPI-based school impact fee adjustment; staff noted correspondence from the school district about future capital-facilities review.
The Enumclaw City Council adopted Resolution 1879 on May 26, amending the city fee schedule to include Parks Department changes and a CPI-based adjustment to school impact fees.
Parks and Recreation Director Alina Hibbs described two fee items: a proposed two-day-per-week swim-team option intended as a more affordable alternative to the existing three-day program, and a set of cemetery fee adjustments reflecting sold-out inventory in some mausoleum sections and rising maintenance costs. "Our 3 day a week program is $276 for 3 days a week. We're recommending a 2 day a week option at $2.25," Director Hibbs said; staff's intent is to offer a lower-cost program alternative for participants.
City staff (Chris Vaseline) explained that the fee resolution also includes a 3.1% automatic adjustment to the school impact fee, tied to the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers in the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue area. "The fee resolution presented to you tonight represents a 3.1% adjusted school impact fee," staff stated, and noted the adjustment was implemented administratively on April 1 and is now memorialized in the fee paperwork.
Councilmember (staff) also noted an email received from Kyle Fletcher, director of business operations at the school district, expressing concern that the city had not adopted the district's calculated school impact fee; staff responded that the city will review the district capital-facilities plan once it is board-approved and then revisit whether to deviate from the CPI formula.
Council moved and voted to approve Resolution 1879 as presented.
Next steps: Staff will finalize fee schedules and update permitting paperwork; council said it will review school impact fee policy if the school district's capital-facilities plan prompts policy discussion.
