Capabilities
User & Impact Fees

User and Impact Fee Studies

Identify funding opportunities for communities by studying user and impact fees.

Comprehensive Fee Studies: Calculate the full direct and indirect cost of the services that your agency provides to the public.
Impact Fees: Determine the proportionate needs for infrastructure in your jurisdiction based on new development and projected growth.
Development Review Fees: Identify direct and indirect costs and provide best practices for assessing development-related fees for building, planning, land development/engineering, and fire prevention.

User and Impact Fee Studies

Our team brings extensive expertise in user and impact fees, working with cities, counties, and special districts to optimize revenue strategies. We help you identify potential fees for service, project revenue impacts, and ensure that fees are defensible.

Our Approach

User & Impact Fees

Data Gathering

We start with collecting jurisdictional-specific data related to operational and infrastructure costs.

Assumption Development

Our team conducts interviews to align on time, resource, and growth assumptions.

Calculations

Leverage jurisdiction-specific data, available resources, and proportionality to accurately calculate the maximum justifiable cost.

Stakeholder Engagement

Present results to a diverse range of internal and external partners to ensure shared understanding and informed decision-making.

OUR TRACK RECORD

Defensible, Implementable Fees

We pride ourselves on ensuring that our fee studies are implemented and adopted by policymakers. Our unique approach combines our management expertise with financial prowess to guarantee buy-in from internal and external stakeholders.

300+: Cost of Service Studies
80%: Fee Structure Optimization
90%: Fee Adoption
30%: Repeat Clients