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

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...

When RCS undertakes a Development Impact Fee (DIF) Calculation and Nexus Report, one of the exhibits included in the Report is a table...

Lately, there seems to be some confusion about the difference between Capital Impact Fees and Operational Service fees and the rules...

The Levels of Service (LOS) provided to the residents or businesses of any given City service is based upon (or limited by) the finite...

Those of you with your own in-house police departments have sworn officers (henceforth “officers”) and police department space for them...

I have been completed over one hundred Development Impact Fee Calculation (DIF) studies since 1987 (a quarter of a century, yikes!).  ...

Back in 1988, RCS identified two distinct methods for calculating development impact fees (DIFs) and identified them as inductive and...

Sometimes I get a bit envious of my partners Rick and Eric. They primarily undertake the operations (fee) service costing and Cost...

One of the many nice features of our capitalist system is the ability to vote with our dollars to get the products that we want in the...

On June 9, 2010 a great breeze was felt throughout California.  No, it was not the Pacific Ocean offshore flow typical of June.  It was a...

On the California ballot this fall is Proposition 26, which proposes to redefine many current fees at the statewide and local level as...

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

I know I’m preaching to the choir a bit here, but sometimes the choir likes some attention too. We have all been in public hearings...

An RCS client recently relayed a conversation he had with an analyst from the Housing Policy Division of the State’s Department of...

O.K. so development demand is down, a lot! So what do you do? Plan! Over the past ten years a fairly common lament of many of our...

Here is my daily mantra: Development Impact Fees (henceforth DIFs) are not intended to be punitive. They are merely intended to...

In California, State legislation sets certain legal and procedural parameters for the charging of development impact fees (henceforth...