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Committee recommends $396 fire-flow-letter fee; sends proposal to board for legal review
Summary
Staff recommended charging $396 for fire-flow letters to recover staff and consultant time; the improvements committee recommended forwarding the fee proposal to the board with legal review before final adoption.
Corey and Travis described a proposed fee to cover district and consultant time for producing fire-flow letters for new building hook-ups. Staff reviewed comparable regional charges and calculated a total cost of $396 to include district staff time and consultant engineering; when the chair asked for the recommended amount, staff responded, "$396." The committee agreed to forward the recommendation to the board and requested legal review to confirm the district can impose the fee.
Directors discussed whether the fee should be billed as a separate line item or bundled with other hookup fees; staff noted the nexus study rules and county permit requirements may affect how the fee is applied for multi-home developments. The committee asked staff to obtain legal confirmation and present a formal recommendation at the next board meeting.
