Bloggers,

I'm interested in your opinions regarding the decision the BCC may or may not make regarding Road Impact Fees on Tuesday. Per the MCS report in today's paper:

1) Fees would range from $4,341 for a single-family home in the southwest part of the county to $5,814 for a single-family home in the northeast part of the county. This would be in addition to $7, 034 educational impact fee. Total impact fees could be $11,375-$12,848 per home.

2) Impact fees would be charged on all new development: residential and non-residential.

3) The BCC could delay implementation until 2009 or later.

4) The fees will be deferred on workforce housing up to but not to exceed $200k in one year if the house is sold or forgiven if homeowners stay in the house for eight years.

Is this the best way to fund infrastructure from this point forward. And if the county does (at some point) impose a building moratorium, where does that leave this ordinance and our infrastructure needs?