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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
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I loved the part when he asserted that paying the Community and Rec Levy was a "good will tax" to buy a smoother process from the City. Both absurd, and a totally offensive concept.
I was meeting with one of the large land developers today, they were extremely puzzled by this since they pay this because it's necessary infrastructure in order to build their community.
The current MGA does not allow the City to unilaterally impose a levy on things like Fire Halls, Rec Centres, Libraries, etc - like it allows for transportation and water/sewer etc. But because developers require these things in their neighbourhoods and know the City requires revenue to actually construct them they negotiate it into the overall acreage assessment agreement.