IS THIS A DELAYING TACTIC OR A REAL CONCERN

Last nights City Council meeting saw another delay in implementing new Developer Impact Fees (DIF) brought forth by questions from the Building Industry Association of Riverside County.
They are asking for several changes, 
1. A Grandfather provision for projects already approved.
2. A phased in increase
3. Modification of the time at which fees are collected from issuance of the building permit to the time a certificate of occupancy is issued. (basically from the time the project is started to move in time)
4. Concern over the collection of a Police Facilities Fee when the Sheriffs Station is located in Lake Elsinore.
5. They are concerned the developers are paying for parks when we currently have .44 acres per 1,000 citizen and the fees are calculated on 3 acres per 1,000.
6. Concern about developers being required to construct trails that do not connect to a master trail facility.
The first question one needs to ask is why now and not 18 months ago when the Draft Impact Fee study was first completed or in April when the first amendments were adopted. It seems to me that the building industry would be more than happy if Wildomar delayed a decision forever seeing as how the current fees are dirt cheap.
As to question 1. dealing with a grandfather provision, this would lead to Wildomar collecting the same discounted fees that pay for very little out at least 2 years.
Question 2. this would push out the existence of these give-away fees well into the second half of the decade.
Question 3. Collecting the fees when a project is finished would only exacerbate problems until after more residents are running around town before the city would have the money to fix things, like missing lanes in major roadways, sidewalks, developing parks, trails etc.
Question 4. We have the law enforcement we do because we can’t afford our own police force. Many cities in Riverside County operate the same way, they contract with the sheriff who places their stations centrally located to the areas they serve.
5. The developers should pay for their portion of the increase in population to the area at the rate of 3 acres per 1,000, this should not include private parks. If Wildomar had the proper number of acres of parkland per 1,000 the developers would be paying at a rate for 5 acres per 1,000 like many cities, this would cost the developers much more.
6. Not being required to build a trail unless it connects to a master trail facility further delays Wildomar having a sustainable city as currently we have about level of service figure of 1.08 miles per 1,000 which will give Wildomar almost 90 miles of future trails. We have in existence only 25% of those trails completed therefore developers need to pay their fair share period. The current walk score of  Wildomar is 12 with Lake Elsinore at 24 Murrieta at 25 and Temecula at 28, these all suck.
Some credit should be given to staff as part of the re-look at the DIF will be the inclusion of the cost for a Master Plan for Parks.