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DeBary, Volusia County approve interlocal under HB 479 to combine transportation impact fees; Dirksen Drive fund created
Summary
Council approved an interlocal agreement with Volusia County under HB 479 to avoid double-charging developers for transportation impact fees in overlapping jurisdictions, establish a Dirksen Drive Mobility Fund (19% share), and set procedures for design, phasing and pursuit of supplemental funding.
The DeBary City Council approved an interlocal agreement with Volusia County under House Bill 479 to align and administrate transportation impact fees across overlapping jurisdictions and to create a dedicated Dirksen Drive Mobility Fund.
City staff said the agreement implements state law changes that require cities and counties with overlapping transportation impact fees to execute a local agreement that prevents developers from being charged twice for the same capacity impacts and uses a plan-based methodology for fee calculation. The city's mobility plan is the plan-based methodology; the city had previously allocated $8.5 million to Dirksen Drive within a $44 million mobility plan.
Under the agreement the city will collect a single fee in the mobility area (the city is the building-permit issuer), and the county will administer impact-fee collections outside the mobility area. The agreement directs that 19% of mobility-fee revenue from projects in the city will be earmarked for a Dirksen Mobility Fund; staff said the 19% figure equals the Dirksen Drive share of the mobility-plan project list and cost.
The agreement requires the county to commence design and engineering for Dirksen Drive within one year of the agreement's effective date when money is available. The parties also agreed to a mechanism that allows phased design and construction and includes a clause to jointly pursue supplemental funding from the state legislature, FDOT and other sources.
Council members praised staff, the city's law firm and county staff for reaching agreement and noted Dirksen Drive has been a long-standing concern for traffic and safety. Council voted unanimously to approve the interlocal agreement; the county was scheduled to consider the agreement on Oct. 7, 2025, staff said.
