Board recommends biannual review for student generation rate in school-concurrency interlocal agreement

City planning staff reported on a proposed first amendment to the interlocal agreement for public-school facility planning during the Sept. 2 Planning and Architectural Review Board meeting. The amendment would change the frequency of the student generation rate review from annual to biannual (every two years).

Lupita presented the item and said the public-school facility planning oversight committee met over the summer and on June 12 provided a final recommendation to shift the student generation rate to a biannual review. Lupita said the City of Bunnell and the City of Palm Coast planned to consider the item on their September agendas, and the county would bring it forward after the cities had signed the amendment; the agreement becomes effective upon full execution and filing with the circuit court clerk, she said.

Lupita gave recent permit counts to provide context: for the last full twelve months, there were 81 single-family residential permits; through March of the current year staff had counted 55 single-family homes and 4 multifamily units. She also noted certain legacy lots and likely future multifamily designations that will be counted as part of concurrency planning. The board treated the item as a recommendation and voted to move the amendment forward.

A board member moved to approve the interlocal amendment; another member seconded. The board approved the recommendation by voice vote with no recorded opposition in the transcript.

The transcript does not record any formal objections; staff characterized the change as an administrative timing adjustment to reduce the frequency of the student generation rate review from annually to every other year.