City to receive Flagler County impact fees for Seminole Woods intersection improvements; legal easement issues remain

Palm Coast council on Aug. 5 approved a resolution authorizing the city to accept approximately $500,000 in transportation impact fees that Flagler County collected from the Cornerstone at Seminole Woods commercial development (BJ's and outparcels). The funds will be used for improvements at the intersection of State Road 100 and Seminole Woods Boulevard, where northbound turning capacity and other lane adjustments were identified as needed to relieve queuing.

Phong Wing, senior planner, described two possible options for improving the south leg of the intersection: adding a second northbound left‑turn lane in the gore area (which could require substantial rework to the nearby northeast traffic signal foundation and cost about $300,000), or reconfiguring lanes so an existing through lane becomes a left lane and a right turn lane is added, a change that would avoid major signal foundation work. Staff also proposed a short (about 200‑foot) drive‑aisle connection in front of BJ's to Seminole Woods to improve circulation, but said legal easements must be confirmed because the strip is under private association control and a gas station owner has objected in prior negotiations.

Under the ILA, Flagler County will remit the collected impact fees to the city; the city must design and deliver the improvements within five years or return unused funds to the county. The council adopted the ILA unanimously and staff said they would continue negotiating easements for the BJ's connection and proceed with design work.