The City Council approved a six-month moratorium to suspend school impact fees for new residential developments in the Evergreen School District. This action was prompted by the district's updated Capital Facilities Plan, which anticipates a declining student population and no need for additional facility capacity over the next six years. The moratorium provides immediate cost reductions for developers until the district's plan can be officially integrated into the city's Comprehensive Plan during the upcoming budget cycle.
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Vancouver City Council · Jun 08, 2026 · 13:56–14:24 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: capital facilities Capital Facilities Comprehensive Plan comprehensive plan
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12:56 Yeah, we can address those with the presentation at the public hearing, and then it would be a good practice for us anyway just because those concerns were raised at council. We have had a chance to address those and we would want the public to have the benefit of knowing what we did to address them much like the city council does. >> Yes, that's what I'm asking. >> Okay. So it will be in the report the next time we see this. >> All right, then. >> Any other comments or questions? I'll entertain a motion on item number eight. >> Move to approve item eight. >> Fox, seconded by Perez. >> Perez, those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Motion passes. Item number nine is an ordinance adopting an interim official control pursuant to RCW 36.78.390.
13:52 Relating to the Evergreen School District Capital Facilities Plan adopted as part of the City of Vancouver Comprehensive Plan in accordance to VMC 20.915.060 and imposing a moratorium on the calculation and collection of school impact fees by the City of Vancouver for Evergreen School District and under Vancouver Municipal Code 20.915.060 for the duration of six months based on and adopting certain findings of fact justifying this action and establishing an immediate effective date. Chad, go ahead. >> Good evening, Chad Eichen, Community Development Director for the City. I'll give you just a brief staff report or I'm here for questions. It's your pleasure. >> Let's do a brief staff report. >> Okay. School impact fees charged to new residential development are based on a district's need
14:50 for new facilities as estimated in their capital facilities plan over a six-year period. The City collects such fees at the time of building permit issuance and then passes them on to each district. The Evergreen School District adopted an updated capital facilities plan or CFP which says that because the school district has adequate capacity at all grade levels for the next six years and expects the student population to actually decrease, that they do not need to collect impact fees and that the City of Vancouver, City of Camas and Clark County
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direct keyword 13:56–14:24 capital facilities, Capital Facilities, Comprehensive Plan, comprehensive plan
r say aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed? Motion passes. Item number nine is an ordinance adopting an interim official control pursuant to RCW 36.78.390. Relating to the Evergreen School District Capital Facilities Plan adopted as part of the City of Vancouver Comprehensive Plan in accordance to VMC 20.915.060 and imposing a moratorium on the calculation and collection of school impact fees by the City of Vancouver for Evergreen School District and under Vancouver Municipal Code 20.915.060 for the duration