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Board approves language allowing fees for development agreements
Summary
The board voted to add wording to section 30-558 to permit the city to assess fees for staff and attorney review of development agreements; specific fee amounts will be set later under a fee resolution.
The Satellite Beach Planning Board voted to add wording to section 30-558 to allow the city to assess fees for development agreements, board members said at their meeting.
Planning staff said the change simply allows the city to charge fees that cover staff and city attorney review time. "We're adding the verbiage to the development agreement to allow the fees to be assessed for such, agreements. Currently, there are no fees being charged for development agreements, though it is required for staff to review and city attorney, to also review, so there's times for drafting in such agreements," a staff member said.
The change does not set a single fixed price. Staff explained that fees will vary depending on attorney and staff hours. "No. It really depends on, we're giving you an example, say, the attorney fees or whatever, depending on how many hours it takes. You know? It's I figured. It's could be different for every development agreement," the staff member said. Board members noted that complexity and number of iterations on a given agreement will affect the final fee.
After brief discussion, a board member moved to recommend approval and Jeff Seager seconded the motion. The board recorded aye votes from an unnamed speaker, Cindy Kane, Allen Lamotte and David Delisle; the motion carried.
The board and staff said the change is linked to an upcoming city fee resolution that will set the actual fee amounts. "There is a fee resolution that is coming up before council on October 1 that both of these, the the former, the 1 you just passed and this 1 as well, are both inexplicably tied with the with the fee resolution that's going to come up before counsel in 2 weeks," the staff member said.
Board members and staff described the amendment as narrow: it adds authority to assess fees for development-agreement review rather than creating a single uniform charge. No specific fee schedule was adopted at the meeting.
The board asked for public comment before the vote; none that were recorded changed the motion or outcome.
