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    Eric Johnson
    • 7 days ago
    • 2 min

    How often is enough? When should you update your fees

    As a fee consultant, the question that I get asked most often is, “How often should we be updating our fees?” Once I dispose of the...
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    The Effect of Time on Saved Money
    Scott Thorpe
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Effect of Time on Saved Money

    I’m going to keep this short, but I think it’s powerful. It’s about what happens to your saved money over time. I was recently contacted...
    17 views0 comments
    RCS Impact Fees are Battle Tested
    Scott Thorpe
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    RCS Impact Fees are Battle Tested

    The last thing I ever needed to hear from one of my clients was “We are being sued over our impact fees”. Never fun. But that is just...
    69 views0 comments
    Accessory Dwelling Unit Impact Fee Calculation
    Scott Thorpe
    • Jun 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Accessory Dwelling Unit Impact Fee Calculation

    In July of 2017, I wrote my first RCS article about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in which I merely identified the differing types of...
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    Development’s Winners and Losers
    Rick Kermer
    • May 11, 2020
    • 6 min

    Development’s Winners and Losers

    There are four players in the development game: developers, contractors, landowners and residents. Each plays a critical role, and each...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Dec 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Five Findings for Development Impact Fees

    Most every municipal finance officer is aware of the five findings (in Government Code §66000) required to adopt development impact...
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    • Aug 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Do Development Fees Affect Home Sales?

    At about every other Council or town-hall meeting I attend there is the question about whether development fees (planning fees, permit...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Jul 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    Determining Development Impact Fee Land-Use Categories

    The land-use database inventory is the spine of any Development Impact Fee (henceforth DIF) calculation effort.  It is a data table that...
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    Rick Kermer
    • May 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    Framing the Case for Fees

    As the typical reader of the RCS blog articles, you are a technically skilled government finance professional and can make a strong...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Mar 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    Circulation Infrastructure Nexus

    In my early years of calculating development impact fees (henceforth DIFs) I had to experiment with different nexus factors for...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Jul 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    Thirty Years of Impact Fee Experience

    This last January 16th I watched with no small amount of pride while the Chino City Council adopted an updated set of development impact...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Nov 13, 2017
    • 3 min

    Mandatory Approval of Accessory Dwelling Units

    In July I wrote about the State Legislature requiring easier paths to increasing residential Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) construction...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Jul 7, 2017
    • 3 min

    Accessory Dwelling Units

    Many of you have been wrestling with integrating the recently passed State legislation (AB 2299 and SB 1069) that requires most cities to...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Apr 16, 2017
    • 4 min

    Two Not-So-Scary DIF Collection Requirements

    I often get asked about two Development Impact Fee “problems.”  The first is the “five-year requirement” and the second is the difficulty...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Nov 13, 2016
    • 4 min

    Development Impact Fees for Mature Cities

    A little over two years ago I got a call from Chu Thai, the Management Services Director with the City of Monterey Park.  He called to...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Jun 12, 2016
    • 3 min

    Police Level of Service

    Police management staff often discuss Levels of Service (LOS) staffing in terms of “officers per 1,000 residents.”    Since it is often a...
    1 view0 comments
    Scott Thorpe
    • Jan 17, 2016
    • 4 min

    Development Impact Fee Calculation – Demystified

    The calculation of Development Impact Fees (DIFs) sounds very technical and it can be, but the process is not insurmountable.  First off...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • May 10, 2015
    • 4 min

    It’s all about the Lane Miles

    I have undertaken a great number of development impact fee studies in the Southern California area and as a result I read a lot of...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Jan 23, 2015
    • 3 min

    The Need for an Infrastructure Czar

    I suppose I should have paid greater attention in my Organizational Development classes during my BPA and MPA experiences, but frankly I...
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    Scott Thorpe
    • Aug 18, 2014
    • 4 min

    Yet Another Looming Financial Disaster

    Last November I wrote the above titled topic about municipal asset replacement programs for the RCS monthly newsletter, and here is an...
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