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MAYOR
Tammy de Weerd
CITY ATTORNEY/HR
DEPARTMENT
703 N. Main Street
Meridian, ID 83642
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Keith Bird
Joseph W. Borton
Shaun Wardle
Charles M. Rountree
IDAHO
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William L.M. Nary
City Attorney/HR Director
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1903
To:
Mayor Tammy de Weerd and Meridian City Council Members
RECEIVED
SEP 0 1 2006
City Of Meridian
City Clerk Office
From: Ted Baird, Deputy City Attorney
Re: Procedure for Combined Public Hearing on Impact Fee Ordinance and Capital
Improvement Plans.
Date: September 01,2006
BACKGROUND:
Whenever a city amends its impact fee ordinance, the Idaho Impact Fee Act requires that the
corresponding capital improvement plans (CIPs) be updated. Because the issues related to the
CIPs and impact fee methodologies are intertwined, we are allowed to hold a combined public
hearing on the CIPs and the Meridian Impact Fee Ordinance.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS:
The CIP requirements of the Idaho Impact Fee Act are quite complex. There are eleven
requirements that must be met. Attached to this memorandum is a schedule setting forth the
impact fee CIP requirements and the corresponding section in the Impact Fee Report where the
requirements are satisfied.
At the conclusion of the hearing, if the Council finds that the requirements have been met, there is
a resolution on the agenda for your consideration that adopts the parks, fire, and police impact fee
CIPs. Adoption of the CIP Resolution is a prerequisite to adopting the amended impact fee
Ordinance. The Local Land Use Planning Act requires that these CIPs be adopted as part of the
Meridian Comprehensive Plan. The Meridian Planning Commission held a public hearing on the
CIP comp plan amendment on August 17,2006 and moved to recommend its approval.
IMP ACT FEE ORDINANCE:
Doug Strong's memorandum dated August 29, 2006 sets forth a summary of the recommendation
of the Impact Fee Committee regarding the impact fees for parks, fife, and police capital
improvements.
At the conclusion of the hearing, and after adoption of the CIP Resolution, the Council should
consider the adoption of the amended impact fee Ordinance. The Council will need to set the
amount of each impact fee and set the implementation date, at least 30 days after approval and
publication.
Idaho Impact Fee Act
CIP Requirements
See, Section 67-8208, Idaho Code.
'. . ".:' '.. ...1" r .. -. u. n .. "Re.quirerrient~'it":"~'.,J';: '.' --c--. --c-- Report Section'
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(a) A general description of aU exioring public facilities Exhibirs 3, 5, and 7 (existing facilities)
. and their existing deficiencies within the scrvil;c area Of areas of the. governmental entity
. and a reasonable estimale of aU com and a plan to develop the funding resources related to curing the elUSting Also see :\ppendix D.
ddicioncies
0 including, but not limited to, tho upgrading, updating, improving, expanding or <<placing of such facilities
to meel existinl! needs and usal!e;
(b) .A commitment by the governmental entity to use oth~r :available SOUl~'C~S of revc:nue to cure ~xisting system defici~nci~:s See "Other Funding Sources"
whl!t'1! practical; page 27.
(e) An analysis of the total capacity, lhe level of current usage, and commitments for usage of capacity of existing capiral Requiremenl addressed in IF
improvements, which shall be prepared by a qualified professional planner or by a qualified engineer licensed '0 perform ordinancl!_
engineering services in this state;
See fund balance discussion on
Da~e 11.
(d) A description of ,he land use assumptions by ,he governmen' entity; .\ppendix F
(e) Current Asset tables and
. A definitive table establishing ,he specific level Or quantity of use, consumption, gonoration or discharge of a service supporting 'ex': Exhibits 3, 5, and 7.
unit for each category of system improvements
. and an equivalency or conversion table establishing th~ ratio of a service unit to various types of land uses, including Also noted in Appendix D.
residencial, commercial, agricultural and industrial; See p. 5, Orher fee calculation
considerations_
(Q A description of aU system improvements and ,heir cOsts necessiu,ed by and allributable <0 new development in ,he Exhibirs 4, 6, and 8 rell"'ding Capi,.1
s~rvic~ area based on the approved land us~ assumptions, to provide a level of service not [0 exceed the level of service Irnprovemenrs Plans.
adopt~d in the dc:vdopment impact fc:e ordinanccj
(g) The total nwnber of servic;~ units n~c~ssitated by and attributable to new d~velopmcnt within the servicc area based on [he See Exhibirs 1 and 2.
approved land us. assumptions and calculared in accordance with generaUy accepred engineering or planning cri,eria;
(h) The projecred demand fo, system imp,ovements required by new service unirs projec,ed ove, a reasonable period of time See CIPs 2006 - 2016, Exhibirs 4, 6,
nOl ro exceed <wen'}' (20) years; and 8.
(i) Identification of aU sou,ces and levels of funding available ro the 80vernmental entity for the financing of ,ho sY$lem See "Other Funding Sourc.." page
i.mprov~ments; 27.
0) If rhe proposed sy$lem improvernenl$ include the improvemenr of public facilities under lhe jurisdiction of the "are of Meridian may obrain an IGA wirh
Idaho or ':lnatheI governmental entity, then an agr~~ment between governmental entities shall specify the reasonable share of Ada County to collect impact fees in
funding by e:iil;h unit, provided th~ gov~rnmental entity authorized to impose devdopm~n[ impact feei shall not OlS50urne rnor~ (h~ counry (i.e., -area of impac::t).
than its reasonable share of funding joint improvem~nt5, nor shall the agrcement permit exp~ndit\U'e of devclopmc:n( impact;
fees by a governmental entiry which is not authorized to impose developmen' impacl fees unless such expenditure is pursuant
'0 a develope, agreement under Section 67.8214, Idaho Code; and
(k) A schedule setting for,h estimared dates for commencing and completing construction of all improvements identified in See elPs 2006-2016, Exhibirs 4, 6,
the capiul improvemenrs plan. and 8.