As the typical reader of the RCS blog articles, you are a technically skilled government finance professional and can make a strong...

In my early years of calculating development impact fees (henceforth DIFs) I had to experiment with different nexus factors for...

This last January 16th I watched with no small amount of pride while the Chino City Council adopted an updated set of development impact...

In July I wrote about the State Legislature requiring easier paths to increasing residential Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) construction...

Many of you have been wrestling with integrating the recently passed State legislation (AB 2299 and SB 1069) that requires most cities to...

I often get asked about two Development Impact Fee “problems.”  The first is the “five-year requirement” and the second is the difficulty...

A little over two years ago I got a call from Chu Thai, the Management Services Director with the City of Monterey Park.  He called to...

Police management staff often discuss Levels of Service (LOS) staffing in terms of “officers per 1,000 residents.”    Since it is often a...

The calculation of Development Impact Fees (DIFs) sounds very technical and it can be, but the process is not insurmountable.  First off...

I have undertaken a great number of development impact fee studies in the Southern California area and as a result I read a lot of...

I suppose I should have paid greater attention in my Organizational Development classes during my BPA and MPA experiences, but frankly I...

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...