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School district delays filing impact‑fee recommendation after developer concerns; consultants recommend large increase
Summary
A consultant’s draft educational facilities impact‑fee study recommended a large increase to school impact fees; after developer concern the district delayed a February board submission to gather more feedback and to coordinate legally with Miami‑Dade County before presenting a unified recommendation in April.
A consultant’s draft educational facilities impact-fee study recommending a substantial increase to the school impact fee prompted further outreach to developers and a revised timeline for formal action.
Raul Perez, presenting an ABAC update, said the draft report and supporting materials were distributed to committee members and county partners and that the consultant’s recommendation would nearly triple some existing fees (the draft cited large percentage increases compared with the 1996 baseline). After feedback from the building and developer community — described in the meeting as “sticker shock” — the district decided to delay taking the recommendation to the full school board and to hold additional meetings with the…
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