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Board requests overlay of service-provider costs; staff cites impact fees and master plans
Summary
A board member asked staff for a map showing where higher property values increase costs for service providers; staff said density can lower per-unit service costs and said impact-fee studies and master plans are being prepared to address those tradeoffs.
During the CRA meeting, board member Diana asked staff to show how higher taxable values correspond to costs borne by service providers and which parts of the city are more expensive to serve.
"I would like to see an overlay of what those higher tax values, what they also cost our service providers," Diana said, asking explicitly for a breakdown of areas that impose higher costs on service providers.
Matthew Starley replied that staff had done some of that research and noted a principal advantage of density: it can reduce service costs per unit because infrastructure and service lengths are shorter on a per-household basis. "It's another advantage that comes along with density is that it costs less per unit per service provider," Starley said.
Starley offered to provide an overlay and pointed to related studies: staff have received some impact-fee studies and are working on transportation and parks master plans, which could be used to demonstrate costs and potential offsets. He said impact fees could be a mechanism to help offset increased service-provider costs as development proceeds.
The board requested staff follow up with the overlay and additional analysis; no formal action was taken at the meeting.
