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County staff to seek consultant for impact‑fee update; options include multimodal and conservation fees
Summary
Growth management staff outlined three paths: update within statutory phase‑in limits, commission a demonstrated‑need study to exceed statutory limits (requiring unanimous board approval), or do nothing. The board directed staff to release an RFQ/RFP to engage a consultant to scope the update.
Adam Mingle, Flagler County’s growth management director, told the board on Feb. 9 that an updated impact‑fee study is needed to set rates and consider new fee categories. Mingle reviewed statutory phase‑in rules in the Florida Impact Fee Act and described three choices: increase fees within statutory phase‑in limits, pursue a demonstrated‑need (extraordinary circumstances) study to exceed those limits, or maintain current fees.
"There's a bit of a clock," Mingle said, summarizing…
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