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Commission questions impact-fee formula and whether new development counts toward level-of-service
Summary
Members asked whether impact fees and the level-of-service metric (cited as about $330 per trails fee and roughly 2,700 feet per 1,000 residents) account for new private-pathway contributions and whether the commission should recommend code changes to secure active recreation space.
Commissioners pressed staff and each other on how the city's impact fees and level-of-service standard are calculated and whether private developer infrastructure counts toward required greenbelt or active-park metrics. "The last time I knew, for example, the impact fee for trails, which is, I think, $330 or something for, right now, was supposed was designed for, I think, green belt," one commissioner said, describing a level-of-service metric of roughly 2,700 feet per 1,000 residents.
Speakers noted that some developer-built paths or school facilities may not currently count toward the metric and asked whether the commission should examine altering the code or the comprehensive plan to ensure large new developments contribute usable park or field space, not only linear greenbelt footage. The commission discussed the difficulty of compelling smaller infill parcels to produce large sports fields and highlighted the need for an inventory to inform policy changes.
