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District reviews proposed school impact-fee update and readies transmission to county
Summary
Staff presented a consultant report updating the school impact fee methodology and proposed fee schedule; staff recommended the board accept the report and transmit it to the Board of County Commissioners for review and possible adoption.
District staff presented a consultant update to the school impact-fee study and asked the board to accept the report and direct staff to transmit it to the Board of County Commissioners for review and potential adoption.
The presentation explained how the school impact fee is calculated from three components: the student-generation rate, net capital cost per student station, and credits such as federal or state grants. Staff said school impact fees fund only capital costs associated with new students — land, new schools and student stations — and cannot be used for operations or routine maintenance.
Key numbers shown by the consultant include a proposed single-family impact fee of $5,298 per unit, up from the board-adopted 50% level of $2,059 in 2021. The consultant showed percentage increases from the 2021 adopted rate: roughly +28–51% depending on housing type (single-family, low-income single-family, multifamily and mobile homes), driven largely by construction cost increases and updated student-generation rates.
Staff recommended the Board of County Commissioners adopt school impact fees in line with other county infrastructure fees and noted the county has scheduled workshops in May and a public hearing tentatively set for June 23. Staff emphasized the county commission, not the school board, has legal authority to adopt impact fees because the county issues building permits and collects the fee at permitting.
Board discussion touched on regional comparisons, credits (such as local sales-tax-funded capital), and the fact that Citrus County is one of two counties in the comparison group without additional local revenue sources to lower fees. "We have several projects in our 5 year work plan that won't be possible without impact fee revenue," staff said. Board members asked for the meeting dates to be circulated by email.
No formal adoption by the school board occurred; staff requested acceptance of the report and transmittal to the county for the county's process.
