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...

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...

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...

In July of 2017, I wrote my first RCS article about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in which I merely identified the differing types of...

There are four players in the development game: developers, contractors, landowners and residents. Each plays a critical role, and each...

Most every municipal finance officer is aware of the five findings (in Government Code §66000) required to adopt development impact...

At about every other Council or town-hall meeting I attend there is the question about whether development fees (planning fees, permit...

The land-use database inventory is the spine of any Development Impact Fee (henceforth DIF) calculation effort.  It is a data table that...

As the typical reader of the RCS blog articles, you are a technically skilled government finance professional and can make a strong...

In my early years of calculating development impact fees (henceforth DIFs) I had to experiment with different nexus factors for...

This last January 16th I watched with no small amount of pride while the Chino City Council adopted an updated set of development impact...

In July I wrote about the State Legislature requiring easier paths to increasing residential Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) construction...

Many of you have been wrestling with integrating the recently passed State legislation (AB 2299 and SB 1069) that requires most cities to...

I often get asked about two Development Impact Fee “problems.”  The first is the “five-year requirement” and the second is the difficulty...

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...

Police management staff often discuss Levels of Service (LOS) staffing in terms of “officers per 1,000 residents.”    Since it is often a...

The calculation of Development Impact Fees (DIFs) sounds very technical and it can be, but the process is not insurmountable.  First off...

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...

I suppose I should have paid greater attention in my Organizational Development classes during my BPA and MPA experiences, but frankly I...

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