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Parks panel votes to recommend 49% hike to recreation impact fee
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend the city increase its recreation impact fee from $975.76 to $1,453.88 per dwelling unit, forwarding the proposal to city council for public hearings and final action.
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the city increase its recreation impact fee from $975.76 to $1,453.88 per dwelling unit, a 49% rise staff said is needed to address facility shortfalls.
Richard Blankenship, Parks and Recreation director, told the committee that the current fee was adopted in 2001 and that Sebastian’s population has grown from roughly 17,000 then to about 27,000 in 2025. “The impact fee in Sebastian today is $975.76 per dwelling unit,” Blankenship said, adding that…
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