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Ocala staff urge caution on county’s proposed higher transportation and EMS impact fees, request clearer benefit boundaries
Summary
City staff and council discussed proposed county transportation and EMS impact fee increases, raising concerns about rational nexus, benefit districts, the city’s daytime population and whether collected fees will fund projects benefiting Ocala.
City officials and council members discussed proposed Marion County increases to transportation impact fees and a proposed EMS impact fee, raising questions about how fee revenue would be allocated and whether the county’s proposed district structure would meet the legal tests that allow impact fees to be imposed.
The city manager summarized the county’s schedule: a May 6 workshop to discuss “extraordinary circumstances” and a May 23 adoption hearing, with any adopted increases taking effect 90 days later. Staff noted historical collection amounts and contrasted those with the county’s proposed 2025 fee schedule. Between February 2003 and February 2010 the city collected roughly $25.2…
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