City of
Common
Council Report
Meeting
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Recommendation: That the Council authorizes the City
Administrator to enter into an agreement with Ruekert-Mielke, Inc. to assist
with updating the City’s impact fees for a sum not to exceed $20,000 and
funding for the project taken from the General Government Outside
Legal Services Account # 40525.
Background: In 1996 and 2001, the
The
ordinances imposed impact fees, in order to regulate the effect of new
development on public facilities, and to finance public facilities, the demand
for which is generated by new development or any improvements made to existing
development in designated development areas.
The
engineering firm of Ruekert-Mielke, Inc. performed the needs assessments for
the present impact fees.
The
current impact fees have not been evaluated and revised since 2001. In 2006 and 2007, the Wisconsin Impact Fee
statute was amended through Act 203, Act 477 and Act 44.
Since
it has been several years since the City adopted the impact fees and given the
recent changes in the impact fee statute, it would be a good time to revisit
the City’s impact fees. The update includes:
1) Amending the City’s impact fee ordinance to
be consistent with the current impact fee law, Wisconsin Statutes 66.0617.
2) The ordinance could be amended to include
an annual inflation increase in the amount of the fees.
3) Revision of the City’s public facilities
needs assessments and required changes for the City’s ordinance.
4) Prepare guidelines for the City regarding
deadlines for expending impact fees and/or refunding fees not expended.
Ruekert-Mielke’s proposal to assist the City with
updating the impact fees is enclosed.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project is available in the
General Government Outside Legal Services Account # 40525.
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Prepared by: Douglas A. Schachtner Director of Parks, Recreation &
Forestry |
Respectfully submitted, Patrick DeGrave City |
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Fiscal Review by: Beverly A. Buretta, CMC City Clerk |
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