TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
Dawn Marie Buckland, Director of Administration & Govt Affairs
DATE: January 26, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Administration and Government Affairs Department
Staff Contact Dawn Marie Buckland, 480.348.3555
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AGENDA TITLE:
Title
Consideration of Resolution 2017-02 Updating the Wastewater Development Impact Fees
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Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
Long Term Balanced Budget
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution 2017-02 approving the updates to the wastewater development impact fees
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The purpose of the Sewer Impact Fee agenda item on the January 26, 2017 Town Council Meeting is to approve or disapprove the recommended sewer impact fees previously presented to the Town Council. This memorandum summarizes the information that was presented and outlines the next steps in the process.
Purpose of the Impact Fee Study
Pat Walker Consulting in conjunction with Willdan Financial Services (Consulting Team) were retained by the Town of Paradise Valley (Town), to update the Town's sewer impact fees. The purpose of updating the sewer impact fee was to:
* Recognize the impact new development places on the system;
* Ensure that growth is paying its proportionate share of costs; and
* Provide funding for current and future growth-related costs.
The first step in the process of updating the Town's sewer impact fee is to first develop the Town's LUA in order to determine what capacity, projects or debt service is required to support new development. This is then incorporated into the Infrastructure Improvement Plan (IIP) and then sewer impact fee can be developed.
Assumptions
In developing the new LUA and IIP, the Consulting Team worked with Town staff to
identify the anticipated growth projections over the next ten years (as required by the
State Statute). The anticipated system growth is as follows:
* Average annual customer growth o...
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