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Seabrook board directs RFP for town-only impact-fee study; asks TEC, Inc. to adjust exaction-fee formula
Summary
The planning board asked RPC Interim Planner Maddie DiIonno to draft a scope and begin an RFP for an impact-fee study focused on the town (excluding the school) and unanimously approved asking TEC, Inc. to adjust the exaction-fee formula used in the analysis.
The Seabrook Planning Board directed staff to develop a scope and begin an RFP for an impact-fee study focused on the town rather than a joint town-school study, and asked consulting firm TEC, Inc. to adjust the exaction-fee formula for the analysis.
RPC Interim Planner Maddie DiIonno had circulated a memo with two potential vendors for the study. Board members asked DiIonno to draft the study scope and submit it to the town manager’s office to start the bidding process. Chairman Jason Janvrin said he preferred a town-only study, noting that including the school would reduce the commercial and industrial share of the calculated impact fee compared with residential development. The board agreed to invite one vendor to present to the planning board to answer questions about school inclusion.
Harold Eaton moved that, once a scope is developed, the board proceed with an RFP for impact fees; Jill Gordon seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Separately, Justin Packard moved that TEC, Inc. adjust the formula for exaction fees used in the analysis; Harold Eaton seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Janvrin said he would meet with the town manager this week to review the bid process. The motions recorded at the meeting make clear the board is initiating procurement steps rather than adopting any fee at this time.
