Title
Agenda Item:
Ordinance Amending School Impact Fees
Body
Issue:
Should the Council amend the School Impact fees for 2013?
Committee Recommendation:
The Finance Committee did recommend revising School Impact Fees.
City Manager's Recommendation:
Move to approve the ordinance amending School Impact Fees on first reading and move to second reading.
Staff Contact:
Jane Kirkemo, Administrative Services Director, 753.8499
Presenter(s):
None. Consent Calendar item.
Background and Analysis:
The proposed update to the school impact fees are based on the adoption by the School Board of the Olympia School District's 2013 - 2018 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP). Representatives from the School District meet with the Planning Commission and City Council to review their CFP and proposed impact fees changes. The impact fees rates are calculated based, in part, on the projects set forth in the District's CFP that are needed to address the impacts of projected growth. School impact fees are only charged to residential projects inside the city limits of Olympia.
The City collects the impact fees for the school district and remits the fees to them on a monthly basis. Based on the school districts CFP, the fees are as follows:
2012 2013
Single Family $ 2969 $ 5179
Multi Family $ 235 - 0 -
Downtown Multi Family - 0 - - 0 -
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
Options:
The City can only adopt the changes or not charge school impact fees. The City has no basis for changing the calculations for school impact fees.
Option 1: Approve School Impact Fees Ordinance on first reading and move to second reading.
Option 2: Do not move forward with revised impact fees.
Financial Impact:
Depends on the number of new single family residential permits issued.