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Impact Fee Advisory Committee (IFAC)
Thursday, June 28th at 6:00 PM
City Hall Commission Room: 121 N. Rouse Ave, 59715
A. 05:59:41 PM (00:00:39) Call meeting to order
Present Were:
James Nickelson (Chair)
Jackie McGuire
George Thompson
Randy Carpenter
Deputy Mayor Chris Mehl (Commission Liaison)
Kristin Donald (City Finance Director)
Rick Hixson (City Engineer)
Chris Saunders (City Planner)
Rob Evans
B. 06:00:37 PM (00:01:35) Changes to the Agenda
C. 06:00:44 PM (00:01:42) Public Comment
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D. 06:00:50 PM (00:01:48) Minutes
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06:01:04 PM (00:02:02) MOTION to approve minutes: Chris Mehl
06:01:08 PM (00:02:06) MOTION SECONDED: George Thompson
06:01:10 PM (00:02:08) VOTE: All in Favor – Motion Carries
G. 06:01:22 PM (00:02:20) Action Items
Anna Rosenberry, Assistant City Manager, provided an overview of the Impact Fee Study Update
and shared where to find more information regarding the update. Rosenberry also reviewed the
process moving forward with the impact fee study update
1. 06:07:43 PM (00:08:41) City of Bozeman Fire/EMS Impact Fee Update Study (Tindale Oliver)
Nilgün Kamp of Tindale Oliver explained that they use a consumption based methodology. This
is a one time capital charge for new development to cover the cost of new capital facilities.
Kamp continued to review the considerations for the Fire and EMS Impact Fees.
06:18:30 PM (00:19:28) Nilgun Kamp responded to questions from IFAC members. Question
topics included level of service and how costs and fees were calculated.
06:36:07 PM (00:37:05) Committee member Randy Carpenter asked about the difference in fire
impact fees for different sized homes. A general discussion followed regarding the trends found
in the consultants’ data compared to previously provided data. Carpenter was concerned about
the fees for homes with less square footage.
2. 06:49:36 PM (00:50:34) City of Bozeman Transportation Impact Fee Update Study (Tindale Oliver)
Nilgun Kamp summarized the considerations that went into calculating fees for the
Transportation Impact Fee Update Study. Kamp also reviewed the cost per person-mile of
capacity.
07:00:41 PM (01:01:39) Tindale and Oliver consultants responded to questions from Committee
members regarding the transportation impact fee calculations and associated costs.
3. 07:45:11 PM (01:46:09) City of Bozeman Wastewater Impact Fee Update Study & City of
Bozeman Water Impact Fee Update Study (Tindale Oliver)
Henry Thomas of Public Resources Management Group reviewed the process used to update
the water/wastewater impact fees in order to recoup assets that are in service that have
capacity to serve growth. Thomas explained that the purpose is to recover system costs shared
by everyone and that State Law prohibits including assets that have a life of less than ten years.
08:10:40 PM (02:11:38) Consultant, Henry Thomas responded to questions from IFAC members
and held a general discussion regarding different methods of calculating water/wastewater
impact fees.
08:26:28 PM (02:27:26) Deputy Mayor Mehl requested three follow-up items to research
regarding the Impact Fee Updates and discussed with Planner Chris Saunders and consultants
whether these requests would fall under the current Impact Fee Update Study contract or
whether they would require additional resources or research. Following, committee members
held a general discussion regarding the different approaches and how to maintain consistency
through growth in updating impact fees.
H. 08:41:06 PM (02:42:04) FYI/Discussion
I. 08:42:57 PM (02:43:55) Adjournment
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