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A Resolution Establishing 2022 Drainage Basin Fees, Bridge Fees, Detention Pond Facility and Land Fees
Presenter:
Richard Mulledy, P.E., Stormwater Enterprise Manager
Erin Powers, P.E., Stormwater Compliance Program Manager
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Summary:
At its November 4, 2021 meeting, the City/County Drainage Board approved a recommendation for a 7% adjustment in drainage, bridge and detention pond facility fees and a 28% adjustment in detention pond land fees for 2022. The proposed fees are set forth in the 2022 Drainage, Bridge and Pond Fees Schedule attached as Exhibit A. The adjustments are based on the annual study of drainage facility construction cost trends conducted by City staff and an increase in the Park Land Dedication Fee.
Background:
City staff performed their annual study of drainage facility construction cost trends. The study evaluated data for 2020 and 2021 from the Colorado Department of Transportation Colorado Construction Index Report (CCI), Engineering News Record (ENR) Materials and Labor Indices for Denver, Denver-Boulder-Greeley Consumer Price Index (CPI), UCCS Economic Forum statistics for the local economy, and local construction cost data. The local construction cost data input was received from several local developers, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and vendors regularly involved in the drainage construction industry.
Staff recommends a 7% market adjustment to the drainage, bridge, and detention pond facility fees for 2022. Staff also recommends a 28% increase to the detention pond land fees for 2022 to match the increase in the Park Land Dedication Fee from $76,602 per acre for all parks to $98,010 per acre for community parkland. City Code 7.7.902 states the following: "Prior to January 1 of each year, the unit detention reservoir land fee is intended to be raised or lowered by the same percentage as the City of Colorado Springs' park land dedication fee."
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