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Wakulla County consultants recommend recreation and multimodal transportation impact fees
Summary
Consultants from Kimberly Horn and Associates presented an impact-fee study to the Wakulla County Commission recommending recreation and a flexible multimodal transportation or mobility fee; commissioners moved the item into discussion for next steps but did not record a final vote.
Consultants from Kimberly Horn and Associates told the Wakulla County Commission that the firm recommends the county consider recreation and a flexible multimodal transportation (or mobility) impact fee to help fund growth-related infrastructure.
The presentation, made during the commission’s regular meeting, explained that impact fees are one-time charges on new development to pay for public infrastructure needs tied to growth and that they are governed by the Florida Impact Fee Act. Lindsay Slaughterback, a consultant with Kimberly Horn and Associates, said, “impact fees are a one-time fee that new development pays for public infrastructure that’s necessitated by growth.” Hadley Peterson, a colleague on the project team, described the study’s approach: comparative county reviews, growth analysis, and a review of the county’s capital program and level-of-service standards.
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