Commissioners press consultant on $23.3M projected vs. $2.1M collected in prior study

During the impact-fee presentation, commissioners challenged the revenue assumptions from the 2021 study after the consultant said the earlier report projected $23,300,000 in new revenue but only about $2.1 million had been collected.

"By way of example, the study projected 23,300,000 by now in new revenue, but we've only gotten 2.1 in actual revenue that's been accrued," the consultant said, prompting commissioners to ask how vested projects and past waivers were reflected in the earlier projection. Development Services Coordinator Shanda Kirkland told the commission that many projects already approved before the ordinance adoption were vested or covered by development agreements and therefore were exempt from fees, reducing collections.

Commissioners asked staff to provide the lists of exempted subdivisions and the relevant legal bases so the commission could reconcile the discrepancy and avoid repeating projection errors in the new study.