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Punta Gorda workshop presents study recommending higher water and sewer impact fees
Summary
A Stantec study presented at a Punta Gorda City utilities workshop recommends raising combined water and sewer impact fees after citing large capital-cost increases, near-term project timing and potential revenue shortfalls; ordinance readings are scheduled and new fees would take effect in early March if approved.
Punta Gorda City on Tuesday held a publicly noticed utilities workshop where a consultant presented a demonstrated‑needs study that recommends raising water and sewer impact fees to cover rising capital costs and near‑term expansion needs.
Danica Katz, a consultant with Stantec, told attendees the study found expansion capital costs for the utility system have risen sharply since 2020 and that some critical projects must be funded in the near term. "We'll be discussing the demonstrated needs study for the extraordinary measures supporting the necessary increases to impact fees," Katz said at the start of her presentation.
The study identified three reasons the city may exceed the normal phasing limits in the Florida Impact Fee Act: significant increases in capital expansion costs, the timing of major expansion projects concentrated in the near term, and revenue loss that would put…
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