{"id":10889,"date":"2025-07-26T08:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2025-07-26T08:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:15:58","slug":"video-implementation-of-impact-fees-kicked-down-the-road-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10889","title":{"rendered":"Video: Implementation of Impact Fees Kicked Down the Road, Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>7\/21\/2025 discussion among Town Council members regarding the feasibility and implementation of impact fees. Speakers\u00a0debate the necessity of these fees\u00a0to fund capital improvements like roads, schools, and recreational facilities, arguing that\u00a0new developments should bear a portion of the cost\u00a0rather than solely relying on taxpayers. The\u00a0conversation also touches upon past mismanagement of such funds\u00a0in 2013, the\u00a0legal framework for impact fees, and\u00a0concerns about the potential financial burden on new businesses and residents. Ultimately, the council\u00a0debates whether to authorize the town manager to draft an impact fee ordinance, weighing the upfront cost of a consultant against the potential long-term benefits and the current lack of specific projects in their capital improvement plan. Town Councilors Ron Dunn Shawn Faber, and Ted Combes were opposed, while Councilor Deb Paul and Dan Bouchard wanted to further review the implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Implementation of Impact Fees Kicked Down the Road, Again!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mdO2E-uMSqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10813\">Discussion of\u00a0Impact Fees\u00a0&#8211; Delayed by Councilor Combes<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10726\">Planning Board Discussion Should they Address\u00a0Impact Fees?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=739\">LT: Council Suggests Development Agreements Over School\u00a0Impact Fees<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10367\">Sir Your Time is Up!\u00a0Impact Fees\u00a0and Development<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=10817\">Video: Town Council Meeting 7\/7\/2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7\/21\/2025 discussion among Town Council members regarding the feasibility and implementation of impact fees. Speakers\u00a0debate the necessity of these fees\u00a0to fund capital improvements like roads, schools, and recreational facilities, arguing that\u00a0new developments should bear a portion of the cost\u00a0rather than solely relying on taxpayers. The\u00a0conversation also touches upon past mismanagement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10892,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889\/revisions\/10892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}