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2016 11-02Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda – Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Page 1 of 2 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. 1. Parks Maintenance Facility 1700 E. Lanark Street Meridian, ID 83642 Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 2:30 P.M. 1. Roll-Call Attendance __X__ David Fulkerson __X__ Gene Strate __O__ Brad Pfannmuller __X__ Matthew Adams __X__ Spencer Martin __X__ “Butch” Weedon __X__ John Nesmith Non Roll Call Attendance: Mark Niemeyer, Steve Siddoway, Ted Baird, Todd Lavoie, Jenny Fields, 2. Adoption of the Agenda 3. Discuss when to open up the Impact Fee Process (Todd L.) A. Current Impact Fees are effective as of May 1, 2014  Todd Lavoie of the City provided Impact Fee Statute Overview, notes and timeline. Per Statue, impact fee shall update the capital improvement plan at least once every 5 years. Discussions were had that the process should start no later than January 2019.  Ted Baird of the City provided another option. During the 2013 Impact Fee adoption, City Council adopted lower rates than what was proposed. Impact Fee Committee may bring back to City Council to recuperate the gap adopted Impact Fees versus the Proposed Full Cost Recovery Impact Fees. This is independent from formal Impact Fee Study. ACHD has recently updated on August 24th. They update their Impact Fees every 4 years.  Question was asked when ACHD updates their Impact Fees.  A motion and a second to approve September 2018 to open the next Impact Fee Study. Motion carried – all ayes. 4. Discuss if the City has resources to conduct next Impact Fee Update (Todd L.)  City Finance, Fire and Parks Departments do not have the personnel resources at this time to conduct Impact Fee Study. Discussions were also had that a 3rd party unbiased opinion would have more weight.  Todd Lavoie of the City provided the cost of the last Impact Fee Study by BBC Research, $27,160. It was discussed that the next Impact Fee Study will follow a Request for Quotation (RFQ) procurement process. IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda – Wednesday, August 3, 2016 Page 2 of 2 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. 5. Fiscal Year 2017 Impact Fee Project List (Todd L.)  Todd Lavoie of the City provided FY2016 Actuals and FY2017 Budgeted Impact Fee Revenues. Handouts were reviewed.  Comments were made rather if we have enough to cover CIP items. Not in crises now, items may be pushed back to future years. Other items discussed were inflation increases are at 1% per week , 3 of 7 year of Impact Fee collection, should Committee go to City Council to obtain the gap?  Committee requested gap analysis on the revenue lost from the decision to lower the Impact Fees from the Proposed Full Cost Recovery rates.  Ted Baird of the City advised Committee that re-opening to recuperate the gap will bring the whole fee schedule up for discussion.  Departments to pulse check with Mayor and Council Liaison on re-opening of Impact Fee. 6. Parks Site Tour – Parks Maintenance Facility (Steve S.) 7. Adjourn Start Time: 2:31pm End Time: 3:52pm