The city is reviewing its park impact fees to help fund the expensive acquisition and development of over 800 acres of parkland outlined in its Parks Comprehensive Plan. Currently, only residential developments pay these fees, but officials are considering introducing a commercial park impact fee for industrial and commercial projects. This update would require businesses to share the cost of expanding and maintaining the public parks and trail systems from which they also benefit.
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City Council Workshops · Sep 14, 2026 · 43:04–43:20 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: Parks parks trails
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41:58 has on the system and not totally stalling development and still being able to fund the necessary infrastructure projects. So again, it's, you know, can we get enough development? Can we get enough development in the door to keep things rolling and not charge them too much, but charge them enough that we can fund all the infrastructure that we have? And as we talked, right, that can be tricky sometimes, but again, we do have tools available. And then just briefly, we've talked about most of this I think already as far as the timelines and what we're working on. You know, this is, I think hypothetical is probably a good word for this, you know, some of these conversations even after we're done with the analysis and we bring them to council can take a little bit of time. Because they can be challenging. So I think recognizing that. And then the fact that we, right, we're just now kicking off for water and sewer system development charge analysis and the discussion on the review and inspection fees.
42:55 And so, you know, ideally third quarter next year or so we might be ready. But sometimes those take some time to get through. We have the commercial park impact fee review and the parks plan discussion that Dave's team is leading. And also thinking maybe that's the end of 2027. And so, we're doing our best to tie all of these together, right, and keep this broader conversation in mind as we're bringing it to council and, you know, suggest or make council aware of the various tools that are out there to be able to have a good conversation and understand that this is really revolving, I think, in a quick conversation with council members. And so, you know, I think we have a lot of work to do.
43:42 And I think we have a lot of work to do.
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direct keyword 43:04–43:20 Parks, parks, trails
charge analysis and the discussion on the review and inspection fees. And so, you know, ideally third quarter next year or so we might be ready. But sometimes those take some time to get through. We have the commercial park impact fee review and the parks plan discussion that Dave's team is leading. And also thinking maybe that's the end of 2027. And so, we're doing our best to tie all of these together, right, and keep this broader conversation in mind as we're bringing it to council and, you k