DEVELOPER FEE VOTE A DEADLOCK MOJAVE UNIFIED TRUSTEES TO REVISIT ISSUE.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer MOJAVE -- A move to increase developer fees will likely return for more discussion after Mojave Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. trustees split on a 2-2 vote on whether to hike the levy that helps pay for school facilities. One of the two dissenting board members said she voted against the increase because it might discourage development in the area. ``We've had problems in the past with growth,'' trustee Connie Biehl said. ``I feel that increasing developer fees discourages development. We want to keep it as low as possible so developers can come in and build new properties and increase enrollment.'' Biehl and trustee Annette Edblad voted against hiking the fee levied on home builders from $2.24 per square foot to $2.63 per square foot, the amount set by the state. Board members Jim Hooper hoop·er n. A maker or repairer of barrels and tubs; a cooper. and Edward Sigh voted for it. Trustee Shawn Sprague was absent. Superintendent Larry Phelps said it is likely the board will take up the issue again at a future board meeting. He will have information about the fees other school districts in southeast Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County are charging. ``You don't have to have developer fees. If you don't, you have to find another way to fund housing for new kids that come in,'' Phelps said. ``We don't want to stop developers, but we want to mitigate some of the impact (of residential development).'' Developer fees do not bring in enough money to build schools but they can be used to pay for portable classroom buildings, Phelps said. Mojave has been growing by about 100 students yearly for the past several years, and housing construction in the two communities in the district, Mojave and California City, appears to be on an upswing Upswing An upward turn in a security's price after a period of falling prices. , Phelps said. The state has set $2.63 per square foot as the standard residential developer fee for financing school construction. In the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County portion of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley , developer-fee revenue is divided among the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale and the individual elementary school elementary school: see school. districts within the high school district boundaries. Districts can charge more than the standard fee if certain conditions are met, such as having passed a school construction bond measure in the past four years and having 20 percent or more of classes in portable buildings. Six districts charge more than the standard rate. They are the Antelope Valley Union High, Eastside Union, Lancaster, Palmdale, Southern Kern Unified and Westside Union school districts. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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