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Council adopts updated transportation impact fees; study finds $137M in projects and recommends higher per‑trip fee
Summary
The council adopted Ordinance 17‑26, implementing a Transpo study that lists about $137 million in transportation projects over 20 years and recommends increasing the PM peak trip impact fee to $4,410 (staged over three years), with the first step effective Jan. 1, 2027.
Public Works Director Roscoe Slade presented the city's transportation impact fee study (June 2026) and an ordinance to adopt its findings. Slade said the last comprehensive study was from 2004 and the new analysis identifies about $137 million in transportation projects over the next 20 years, of which roughly $42 million would be eligible under impact‑fee law.
"There's a $137,000,000 worth of transportation projects planned over the next 20 years," Slade said, and the study recommends raising the PM peak trip fee from about $1,990 to $4,410 per PM trip, staged over three years so the first step would take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Council discussed which projects are included and confirmed that existing deficiencies cannot be charged to new development. After discussion the council adopted Ordinance 17‑26 as presented.
Slade said the fee increase reflects two decades of cost escalation and that the city will return to CPI adjustments in 2030. Council members asked for clarification on specific intersection projects; Slade noted some projects completed or started in 2025 remained in the list because the study captured the planned 20‑year program.
