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By Myrna Trauntvein
TN Correspondent

At a recent work meeting, the topic was impact fees for parks and recreation.

Glade Nielson, Nephi City mayor, requested that the subject of Parks and Recreation Impact Fees be placed on the agenda for discussion.

“This has been a topic of conversation of the council in the past and, if a discussion is to be held, it may also be a good time to determine whether or not additional impact fees should also be examined,” said Seth Atkinson, city administrator.

He said that, Title 11 Chapter 36 a is the state’s Impact Fee Act and allows for impact fees on the following publicly owned or operated facilities that last 10 years or more: water rights and water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities; wastewater collection and treatment facilities; storm water, drainage, and flood control facilities; municipal power facilities; roadway facilities; parks, recreation facilities, open space, and trails; public safety facilities; environmental mitigation as provided in Section 11-36a-205; or municipal natural gas facilities.

“For any impact fee to be enacted, a master plan will need to be created and/or updated to provide information for the state mandated Impact Fee Facilities Plan and an Impact Fee Analysis,” said Atkinson.

For a Parks and Recreation Impact Fee to be inacted, the Parks Master Plan will need to be updated and a Recreation Master Plan will need to be created, he said.

“Due to time constraints and loss of institutional knowledge among the staff, this may take a number of months,” said Atkinson.

Once the master plans have either been created or updated, the Impact Fee Facilities Plan and Impact Fee Analysis will take an additional several months to develop.

When the Impact Fee Facilities Plan and the Impact Fee Analysis are developed, the city will need to hold a public hearing before adopting the fees and also have a state mandated 90-day waiting period before the fees are effective.

“Realistically, any impact fee is most likely 9 to 12 months from going into effect,” said Atkinson.

He said that the council was not required to charge the full amount of any impact fee calculated through the Impact Fee Analysis.