Subject:
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Resolution for Updated Development Fee Schedule for Utility Services Department.
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Fiscal Impact:
An estimated $800,000 per fiscal year is anticipated to be generated, which is the estimated annual cost for staff time associated with private development coordination.
Dept/Office:
Utility Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board approve the attached Resolution and its Schedule of Development Fees and Charges.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
At the October 18, 2016, Commission Board Meeting, the Board approved a Fee Resolution for Development Applications (Attachment A; Resolution 16-189). The Utility Services Department was not included in the updated fee structure.
The Utility Services Department is operating on a development fee schedule approved at the Commission Board Meeting held on May 14, 1985 (see Attachment B). Per the 1985 referenced resolution, the Utility Services Department receives a maximum development fee of $250. This generates less than $10,000 per year in development fees. In addition, the resolution in Exhibit ‘B’ has no fee structure to address several aspects associated with the development coordination process, which includes, but is not limited to, such things as review efforts for various types of development and inspections.
This Department has multiple staff members, either full or part-time, who are responsible for ensuring that all reviews, inspections, and documentation preparation are performed for assets that will be conveyed to this Department.
The Utility Services Department is requesting to utilize specific fees from the resolution in Exhibit A of Resolution 16-189 to be applied for development efforts specifically for this Department. The proposed fee schedule as shown on Exbibit C shows the rate structure which the Department requests to implement along with its correlation to the 2016 rate schedule (Attachment C). The final version of the proposed rate schedule is included in the proposed Resolution (Attachment D).
The proposed fees would be implemented on January 1, 2025, for any new development that has not already been submitted for site plan or Department approval. It has been recommended by the Building Construction Advisory Committee (BCAC) for approval on October 15, 2024.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Please return the board memo to Utility Services attention Karina Perez, by email to karina.perez@brevardfl.gov <mailto:karina.perez@brevardfl.gov>.