1.   He says impact fees have a negligible effect and are the wrong way to go.

2.   Practices on the rise included contracting for services, performance measurement, participatory management, impact fees, and strategic planning.

3.   As growth races toward the desert, cities have approved impact fees to make new developments pay for infrastructure.

4.   As impact fees climb higher, Wilhelm said, home builders have no choice but to pass along the costs to home buyers.

5.   -- Grant soil and water districts authority to impose taxes, impact fees and capital development fees to finance improvement of dams for which the districts are responsible.

6.   Builders roundly criticize impact fees.

7.   Businesses also pay impact fees.

8.   California has the highest impact fees.

9.   Citizens in other parts of metropolitan Phoenix have demanded that developers pay higher impact fees to pay for parks, schools and other amenities.

10.   Contrary to what some might think, Duncan said, impact fees stimulate growth.