Fodor & Associates
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Sustainable Community Planning
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Development Impact Analysis & Impact Fees A development impact analysis provides important information that helps public officials and citizens make informed decisions about the future of their community. These decisions often involve commitments of millions of dollars of public resources, so it's a wise choice to invest a small amount up front to fully understand the future impacts. We can evaluate the impacts of proposed development on your community. An impact analysis can be performed for a specific development, proposed land use changes, or future growth projections. It can be a comprehensive analsyis, or focus on any element, including: population, housing, schools, tax revenues, and cost of expanded services and infrastructure. Basic public services and infrastructure for new development include roads, schools, water and sewer services, parks and recreation, stormwater drainage, police and fire protection, libraries, and administration. Impact fees can provide critical revenues for communities struggling to finance the capital facilities new growth requires. Impact fees are charges to new development that directly offset the costs of expanding infrastructure to serve that development. Without impact fees, these capital costs are typically funded through bonds that increase the taxes on all property owners. We can help you establish equitable impact fees that help assure new growth pays it's fair share and isn't a burden on taxpayers. We can help you create a more-flexible impact fee system that helps you achieve your planning and growth management goals, encourages affordable housing and redevelopment, and supports infill and density in the places you want. We can also evaluate your current fee system to determine whether it is adequately meeting your needs and conforming to current laws. Contact us to let us know about your impact analysis needs.
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