MDRoffers Consulting has helped several communities across Wisconsin in understanding, planning, and creating a “public facilities needs assessment” for park land and park improvement impact fees on new residential development.  Several municipalities are either not changing park land and park improvement impact fees or are unknowingly charging an incorrect (or even unlawful) amount for these impact fees.  MDRoffers can assist any municipality in understanding and perfecting these impact fees and ensuring each municipality is compliant with Wisconsin Statutes §236.45 and §66.0617.

Each public facilities needs assessment prepared by MDRoffers Consulting:

• Includes a detailed evaluation of existing public park and recreation facilities in the municipality.
• Assesses projected future housing growth.
• Suggests capital improvements to the park and recreational system.
• Allocates the cost of these projected improvements to existing residents versus residents that will occupy any new development.
• Arrives at a maximum per housing unit park land and park improvement impact fee for public park land and for public recreational improvements.
• Assesses the impact of imposing that impact on housing affordability.

MDRoffers Consulting has the ability to create unique park impact fee amounts for single-family, two-family, and multiple-family housing units, providing municipalities with a comprehensive approach to planning and implementing park impact fees on new residential development.