[Council Workshop - Proposed Impact Fees]
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I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS IN ATTENDANCE.TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH.
AND THIS IS AN IMPACT FEE PUBLIC WORKSHOP.
TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THE PREVIOUS IMPACT UPDATE WAS CONDUCTED IN 2016 AND THE FEES BECAME EFFECTIVE IN 2017.
WE HIRED A CONSULTANT IN 2022 TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO OUR IMPACT FEES, AND THE CURRENT PROPOSAL PROPOSES AN UPDATE TO THE METHODOLOGY TO A MORE ACCURATE, PLAN BASED FEE RATHER THAN PAST CONSUMPTION.
THE COST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY INFLATION.
FEES HAVE BEEN INCREASED, AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR TO EXPLAIN THE FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH US TO PUBLICLY NOTICED. WORKSHOPS.
THERE IS A SIGN IN SHEET BY THE FRONT DOOR, SO WE PLEASE DO ASK EVERYONE TO SIGN IN.
AND THERE IS A LIVE STREAM OF THIS MORNING'S MEETING ON THE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED.
AND NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT.
HE IS ONE OF THE LEADING EXPERTS IN THIS STATE WHEN IT COMES TO IMPACT AND MOBILITY FEES.
HIS CLIENTS INCLUDE THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, GAINESVILLE AND PORT SAINT LUCIE.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. JONATHAN POWELL OF NEW URBAN CONCEPTS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOANNE, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF NEW URBAN CONCEPTS.
AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE UPDATE OF PALM BEACH GARDENS, PARK AND RECREATION, FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, POLICE PROTECTION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THAT WANT TO VIEW THE DOCUMENT.
IT'S ACTUALLY A QUITE DETAILED REPORT.
AND STAY TUNED, AS THERE ALSO WILL BE EVENTUALLY AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
AND AS IT MOVES CLOSER TO ADOPTION, THE ACTUAL IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
AND SO FOR EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THIS MORNING IS ACTUALLY MEMORIALIZED IN THIS DOCUMENT.
THOSE WILL BE UPDATED UNDER SEPARATE PROPOSALS.
THE NUMBERS WE LOOKED AT INCLUDE BOTH NATURAL GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ITSELF, AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH IN AREAS THAT MAY BE ANNEXED WITHIN THE CITY BETWEEN NOW AND 2035.
AND WE ROUGHLY PROJECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL 32,000 RESIDENTS WITHIN PALM BEACH GARDENS, OR ROUGHLY HALF OF THE EXISTING POPULATION TODAY WILL BE ADDED BY 2035.
SO IT IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP BASES AND REASONS FOR THE UPDATE AND ALSO FOR THE CLAIM OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. THERE'S ALSO PROJECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH.
PART OF THIS IS AGAIN THROUGH NATURAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY.
THIS IS NOT CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS EMPLOYEES.
WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS KNOWN AS A FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT RESIDENT.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY CONVERTING AN EMPLOYEE OF A BUSINESS TO THE EQUIVALENT OF A RESIDENT.
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FIRE RESCUE, FOR POLICE SERVICES.FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT LIVE OUTSIDE OF PALM BEACH GARDENS BUT COMING EACH DAY INTO WORK.
THEY DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON CITY SERVICES, BUT IT'S NOT FULL TIME.
SO ESSENTIALLY WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT TO RECOGNIZE THAT EMPLOYEES THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY DON'T HAVE THE SAME IMPACT AS RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ITSELF. AND SO THAT GETS US WHAT'S KNOWN AS A FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT RESIDENT.
AND REALLY THE NUMBER WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OUT INTO 2035 BECAUSE THIS IS A FORWARD LOOKING IMPACT FEE AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVE THIS GROWTH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PROJECTION IS TO INCREASE TO ROUGHLY 120,000 FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT RESIDENTS, OR ROUGHLY 45,000 MORE THAN WHAT EXISTS TODAY.
THE UPDATE. THE CITY'S CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS WHAT'S KNOWN AS A LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD, AND IT SORT OF GUIDES WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH ONE OF THESE VARIOUS FEES.
TODAY, IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE A STANDARD OF FIVE ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
THIS SORT OF HELPS GUIDE THE CITY IN TERMS OF FUTURE PLANNING AND FUTURE.
NEED TO DETERMINE HOW MANY ACRES ARE PROJECTED TO BE NEEDED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE SERVICE STANDARD IS BASED ON RESPONSE TIMES TO CALLS, AND IT DIFFERS WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE PORTION OF THE CITY WE'RE IN TODAY, OR WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE PORTION OF THE CITY WEST OF THE TURNPIKE.
BUT IT'S REALLY IT'S A METRIC.
A RESPONSE TIME OR A CALL FOR SERVICE ISN'T REALLY THE BEST METRIC, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT USING SOME DIFFERENT LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS BASED ON LEVELS OF SERVICE THE CITY HAS BEEN PROVIDING TO USE AN UPDATE OF THE IMPACT FEES.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT SINCE THE CITY.
BUT IT'S PRIMARILY BASED ON POPULATION AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT.
SO WE ACTUALLY DID IS WE USED THAT SAME FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCY FACTOR, AND WE LOOKED BACK TEN YEARS.
TO WHAT LEVEL OF SERVICE HAS THE CITY BEEN PROVIDING TO BOTH RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD? WHAT WERE THEY PROVIDING IN 2023 AS PART OF THE BUDGET, AND SHOULD THAT RECOMMEND SOMETHING DIFFERENT MOVING FORWARD FOR PARKS AND RECREATION? THE CITY TODAY IS ACTUALLY PROVIDING 7.32 ACRES PER 1000 EQUIVALENT RESIDENTS, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING MORE THAN WHAT ITS LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD REQUIRES.
AND RECENTLY, I BELIEVE THAT'S A LARGE BUMP OR A LARGE ADDITION, PARTIALLY DUE TO THE AVENIR DEVELOPMENT AND THE WESTERN ANNEXATION AREAS OUT OF THE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF CITY ACREAGE TO THE OVERALL PARK SYSTEM.
BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THE AVERAGE HAS BEEN ROUGHLY 3.73 ACRES PER 1000 EQUIVALENT RESIDENTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT STAFF.
BASED ON THE 2023 BUDGET, THERE WAS 2.0, HISTORIC AVERAGE IS 1.84, AND WE RECOMMENDED IN TERMS OF FUTURE PLANNING, LOOKING AT TWO PERSONNEL PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
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SWORN OFFICERS, CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PER 1000 RESIDENTS.SO THIS WILL ASSIST THE CITY IF IT CHOOSES TO USE THESE STANDARDS IN TERMS OF ANNEXATIONS, UPDATES, REVIEW OF REZONINGS AND WHAT IMPACT THOSE WOULD HAVE ON CITY SERVICES.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT PUBLIC FACILITIES PERSONNEL.
PUBLIC FACILITIES. PERSONNEL DOES NOT INCLUDE STAFF THAT ARE PART OF PARK AND RECREATION.
DOES NOT INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS POLICE AND FIRE.
THIS IS JUST GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS YOUR CITY ADMINISTRATION, YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS, YOUR IT STAFF.
AND SO THERE'S A PROJECTION OR HISTORIC AVERAGE OF 2.3 PERSONNEL PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THIS ACTUALLY ALL MEANS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS FURTHER.
SO LET'S LOOK FIRST AT PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF.
THE CITY IS PROVIDING 569 ACRES TODAY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK OUT INTO THE FUTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH EMPLOYMENT USE OF THE PARK SYSTEM AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO URBANIZE, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE FUTURE RAIL STATION.
AROUND THE GARDENS AT THE MALL.
THE GARDENS MALL REDEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARD HAS NOW BEEN EXPANDED TO ALSO INCLUDE EMPLOYEES.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FOR RESIDENTS.
THIS STANDARD IS EXTENDED TO EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
AND SO THAT WOULD GENERATE A NEED FOR 648 ACRES BY 2035.
THE CITY IS ALREADY PROVIDING ROUGHLY 570.
SO THAT MEANS THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR ROUGHLY 35 ACRES OF PARK SPACE BETWEEN NOW AND 2035.
ROUGHLY TEN ACRES OF THAT WOULD BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 95.
GIVEN HOW DENSE THE DEVELOPMENT IS, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT IS OCCURRING AT TEN ACRES IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACQUIRED CREATIVELY, MAY REQUIRE THE REUSE OF SOME STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, SOME LINEAR PARKS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN FURTHER DETAIL.
WE LOOKED AT THE NEED FOR FIVE ACRES BETWEEN I-95 AND THE TURNPIKE.
SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES TO THE WEST ARE RELATIVELY BUILT OUT.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN THE HIGHEST GROWTH AREA POTENTIAL OF THE CITY, BOTH IN TERMS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ANNEXATION, WOULD BE WEST OF THE TURNPIKE, AND THIS WOULD GENERATE A NEED, POTENTIALLY FOR 20 ADDITIONAL ACRES.
SO THAT'S THE 35 ACRES NEEDED FOR NEW GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED UPGRADES TO EXISTING CITY FACILITIES IN TERMS OF PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BYRNE ROADS COMMUNITY CENTER. SORRY, I'LL CORRECT THAT TYPO THERE.
FIELD HOUSE AND PGA PARK SPORTS BUILDING AND MIRASOL PARK FACILITY.
THE PROJECTION OF OVERALL COST IS ROUGHLY $273 MILLION BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
THERE ARE SOME LARGE PROJECTS IN THAT OVERALL BUDGET, AND THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE GOING TO BE FURTHER REFINED OVER THE NEXT FIVE AND TEN YEARS. THERE'S AN ANTICIPATION THAT FUNDING MAY BE AVAILABLE THROUGH EITHER BONDING OR AN EXTENSION OF THE SALES TAX OF ROUGHLY $54 MILLION.
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EQUIVALENT RESIDENT.I WILL NOTE THAT ANY REFERENCE TO ANY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR THE COUNTY, IF YOU WANT SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THOSE IMPACT FEE RATES, YOU SHOULD CHECK WITH THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THAT INFORMATION.
BUT IN BOCA RATON, THE PARK IMPACT FEE FOR A 2000 TO 4000 SQUARE FOOT DWELLING IS ROUGHLY $4,500.
THEY USE A FLAT DWELLING UNIT FEE.
WITHIN ROYAL PALM BEACH, IT'S $2,200.
WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY, IT'S $2,332, WHICH WAS CALCULATED FEE.
THEY WENT THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS THAT THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH NOW.
UPDATED THE TECHNICAL REPORT AND THIS IS WHAT THEIR NUMBERS SAID.
THE FEE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THEY MADE A DECISION A FEW YEARS BACK TO LOWER THOSE FEES.
AND THAT ESSENTIALLY LIMITED HOW MUCH THE COUNTY COULD INCREASE ITS FEE.
PARK'S RATE IS $951 FOR THAT SIZE OF A HOME.
TODAY WITHIN THE CITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE AN UPDATE OCCURS.
TODAY, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S EXISTING FEE IS AS PART OF THE UPDATE, BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE.
ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES IN THE IMPACT FEE ITSELF IS GOING FROM A DWELLING UNIT BASIS OF A FEE PER SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE TIERS TO AN ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE FEE, SIMILAR TO NON RESIDENTIAL USES, SO A SMALLER HOME WOULD PAY COMPARATIVELY LESS.
A LARGER HOME WOULD PAY COMPARATIVELY MORE.
THEY BOTH PAY THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT PER SQUARE FOOT, BUT A SMALLER HOME PAYS LESS, A LARGER HOME PAYS MORE, AND WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAIL AS IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THOSE DWELLING UNITS.
AND ALL THAT, THAT WHOLE TECHNICAL REPORT, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE MENTIONED TODAY, THE GROWTH FACTORS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, THE COST THAT HELPS US PRODUCE THE ACTUAL PARK IMPACT FEE RATE FOR THE CITY.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
TODAY, THE CITY DOES SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND THEN MULTIFAMILY.
SO IT CONSIDERS A TOWNHOME, A CONDO, AN APARTMENT, THE SAME IMPACT.
AS PART OF OUR DATA ANALYSIS, WE FOUND THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT IMPACTS.
YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT DWELLING UNIT.
APARTMENTS ONLY GET UP TO ABOUT 1000 HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, MAYBE MAXIMUM.
SO YOU HAVE MAYBE TWO PEOPLE, THREE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT.
NEED TO HYDRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THE OVERALL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RATE, THE RATE ITSELF DOES NOT EXCEED THE CURRENT PARK IMPACT FEE, AND TO ROUGHLY A 3200 SQUARE FOOT HOME.
SO ANYTHING UNDER 3200 SQUARE FOOT THE FEE WOULD BE LESS.
ANYTHING ABOVE 3200FT², IT WOULD BE MORE.
AND THAT'S ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO WHAT THE IMPACT IS.
AND THE 3000 TO 4000 SQUARE FOOT RANGE IS ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW OF THE DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT WITHIN PALM BEACH GARDENS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2022.
THE TECHNICAL REPORT GETS INTO A LOT OF DETAIL TO THAT BECAUSE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED, WHICH ARE CONDOS, DUPLEXES, TOWNHOMES, BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED MULTIFAMILY BEFORE, YOU SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE OVERALL IMPACT BECAUSE THERE'S MORE RESIDENTS AS THOSE DWELLING UNITS ACTUALLY GET LARGER
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THEMSELVES. SO MOST OF THESE FEES ARE RELATIVELY IN LINE, EXCEPT FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A CHANGE OF USE.AND THAT'S ACTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S ROAD IMPACT FEE AND MOBILITY FEE, BOTH OF WHICH RECOGNIZE THAT SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED ARE DIFFERENT THAN MULTIFAMILY USES.
AS YOU SEE, THESE NUMBERS ARE QUITE SMALLER THAN THE RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE AS PART OF THE CALCULATIONS THEMSELVES, EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE WHILE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A PARK THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THEIR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY USE THE PARK FACILITIES IS MORE LIKELY LIMITED TO BEFORE WORK, DURING THEIR LUNCH BREAK OR AFTER WORK, SO THE ACTUAL FEE ITSELF CALCULATES NOT ONLY WHAT AVAILABILITY THERE IS, BUT WHAT A PROJECTED UTILIZATION OF THOSE PARK FACILITIES WOULD BE AS WELL FOR OUR RESIDENT, FOR STUDENTS, FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE PARKS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY WORKING.
THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND WHEN I SAY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN THIS TERM.
CITIES. CITIES ARE TENDING TO PROVIDE MORE ACTIVE URBAN PARKS, WHEREAS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RECREATION AND PASSIVE BASED. SO COUNTIES THEMSELVES AREN'T NECESSARILY LOOKING TO EXTEND PARK IMPACT FEES TO NON RESIDENTIAL USES.
BUT A NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES ARE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR FUTURE NEEDS AND THE ACTUAL FEE ITSELF.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE FIVE FIRE STATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
AS OF 2022, THERE ARE 139 PERSONNEL AND THIS INCLUDES FIREFIGHTERS, EMERGENCY RESCUE STAFF AND SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
OUT INTO 2035, THERE'S A PROJECTED NEED FOR NINE STATIONS AND 242 PERSONNEL.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE OF FOUR FIRE STATIONS AND 103 PERSONNEL.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY FACTORED INTO THE CALCULATIONS THEMSELVES.
SO NEW DEVELOPMENTS NOT BEING CHARGED FOR FIRE STATION SIX, WHICH IS FUNDED AND ALSO HAS FUNDING FOR EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT. THIS DETAILED LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY COVER FIRE ENGINES, AMBULANCES, THE STATIONS THEMSELVES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THEIR DAILY FUNCTIONS.
AND SIMILAR TO THE PARKS FEE, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT IS $56 MILLION.
REASONABLY ANTICIPATED FUNDING INCLUDES THE FUNDING THAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOCATED FOR STATION SIX.
IN ADDITION TO THE ENGINES AND THE PERSONNEL THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.
AND THAT LEAVES A NET FUTURE COST OF ROUGHLY $36 MILLION, TRANSLATES INTO A FEE OF ROUGHLY $300 PER FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT RESIDENT. FIRE PROTECTION IS ASSESSED ALREADY TODAY FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NON RESIDENTIAL USES.
YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T HAVE A COMPARISON IN THIS TABLE, BECAUSE THERE AREN'T MANY MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT ACTUALLY CHARGE A FIRE FEE. PALM BEACH COUNTY ITSELF PROVIDES FIRE SERVICES TO A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES, SO THEREFORE OUR MUNICIPALITY WOULDN'T HAVE A BASIS FOR ITS OWN FIRE IMPACT FEE.
PALM BEACH GARDENS IS ONE OF THE FEW COMMUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY DOES HAVE ITS OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I DID FAIL TO MENTION PALM BEACH COUNTY DOES ALSO CHARGE A PARK IMPACT FEE COUNTYWIDE.
IT IS A REDUCED RATE WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES VERSUS UNINCORPORATED COUNTY.
THEY DO CHARGE A PARK IMPACT FEE IN ADDITION TO THE CITY THAT OCCURS TODAY.
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REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS UPDATE DID OR DIDN'T OCCUR, AND THAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO OCCUR.SO FIRE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY WOULD ONLY PAY THE GARDENS IMPACT FEE.
AND FOR THE VARIETY OF USES THAT YOU LOOK AT, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AGAIN IS AN INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S A NEW CATEGORY OVERNIGHT LODGING AND HOTELS.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE UNDERLYING DATA IN THE OLD FEE DOESN'T REFLECT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON TODAY IN TERMS OF OCCUPANCY AND NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, SO THAT IS A RELATIVELY LARGE INCREASE.
LOOKS MORE SIGNIFICANT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A SMALLER NUMBER, YOU'RE INCREASING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FEE THAT'S $300, $200, $100.
SO ANY INCREASE ABOVE THAT IS GOING TO SHOW A MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGE FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION.
THE CURRENT FEE TODAY IS BASED ON STUDENTS.
IT'S A PRETTY HARD METRIC TO LOOK AT.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CONVERTING THAT INTO PER 1000FT².
FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO FIRE RESCUE.
WAREHOUSES WERE SO LOW TODAY, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF AN EXAMPLE OF A LOW FEE.
ANY INCREASE IS GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOWEST FEES EXISTING FOR ALL TYPES OF USE.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT MANY WAREHOUSE.
YOU THINK ABOUT THE MATERIALS THAT ARE STORED THERE, ANY TYPE OF WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY DO HAVE THEIR OWN FIRE SUPPRESSION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN THOSE FACILITIES, ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES CATCHES FIRE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS.
SO EVEN THEY ALSO TEND TO BE LARGER FACILITIES.
SO THIS FEE IS ONE OF THE FEW FEES THAT'S ACTUALLY A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF 71% OVER THE EXISTING RATE, AS YOU SEE MOST OF THEM FOR INDUSTRIAL OFFICE AND RETAIL USES ARE ROUGHLY 25% ABOVE THE FEE TODAY.
SOME OF THE HIGHER IMPACT USES.
SUCH AS DRIVE THRUS FOR BANKS, FOR.
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE TRAFFIC THEY GENERATE, PLUS THE EMPLOYEES.
THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE MORE ACCIDENTS, MORE POTENTIAL FIRES GOING THROUGH THAT.
THEY GENERATE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC, A LOT MORE IMPACT TO THOSE SITES.
THEREFORE, THEY ACTUALLY PAY A COMPARATIVELY HIGHER OVERALL FEE.
ALSO. NOW WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'M CURRENTLY THE CURRENT HEADQUARTERS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS 37,860FT².
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS, DETECTIVES, AND ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
WE PROJECT OUT IN THE 2035, THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR 23,000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET, AND THIS WOULD LARGELY BE WITHIN THE AREA IN WESTERN. PALM BEACH GARDENS.
THERE IS A PROJECTED NEED, BASED ON A SERVICE STANDARD OF TWO PERSONNEL PER 1000 RESIDENTS FOR 302 ADDITIONAL OR 302 STAFF BY 2035, WHICH WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN 160 16 PERSONNEL BY 2035.
THERE'S A DETAILED LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NEW POLICE VEHICLES FOR THOSE NEW SWORN OFFICERS THAT ARE NEEDED.
CRIME SCENE VEHICLE A SWAT VEHICLE.
THEIR GUNS. THEIR UNIFORMS. THEIR COMPUTERS.
THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO FUNCTION ON A DAILY BASIS.
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AND THEN THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED AS WELL IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.I'M SIMILAR TO THE FIRE RESCUE.
PALM BEACH COUNTY DOES NOT CHARGE A.
POLICE IMPACT FEE WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I THINK JUPITER HAS ONE, AND IT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 1990 OR 1992.
SO BUT THERE ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO DO A POLICE IMPACT FEE OR A FIRE IMPACT FEE IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS.
AGAIN, PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CONSISTENT WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, DOES PROVIDE SERVICES TO A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THIS OVERALL COMMUNITY. SO THE POLICE PROTECTION IMPACT FEE, THE PERCENTAGES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE FIRE RESCUE.
AND PART OF THAT IS DUE FROM THE OLD FEE OR THE CURRENT FEE, WHICH IS JUST BASED ON WHAT SERVICE STANDARDS THE CITY HAD BEEN PROVIDING IN THE PAST. HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT SERVICES THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED INTO THE FUTURE.
THAT FACTORS INTO A HIGHER OVERALL FEE.
AND THESE PERCENTAGES ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 15% HIGHER ON AVERAGE THAN THE FIRE PROTECTION FEE.
AND AGAIN, MOST OF THESE NUMBERS ARE SMALLER.
SO ANY INCREASE IN THE OVERALL COST IS GOING TO ALSO LOOK LIKE A LARGER PERCENTAGE AS WELL.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN A CONSISTENT THEME.
AND IT'S DOCUMENTED IN THE REPORT OVERNIGHT LODGING, PRIVATE EDUCATION, COMMERCIAL STORAGE.
THOSE FEES WERE EXTREMELY LOW.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A PROJECTION OF THOSE SERVICE STANDARDS AND THE INCREASE IN PERSONNEL.
I ALSO LOOKED UP PUBLIC FACILITIES.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY A RELATIVELY NEW FEE.
I THINK IT WAS INTRODUCED THE LAST TIME THE CITY UPDATED ITS IMPACT FEES IN 2016.
ALL THE OTHER FEES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES WAS A RELATIVELY NEW ONE.
THE CITY TODAY PROVIDES 76,000FT² OF BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE 178 PERSONNEL.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE FIRE RESCUE, POLICE, PARKS AND RECREATION.
PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING DEPARTMENT 178 EMPLOYEES.
WE COORDINATED WITH THE CITY'S FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND WHILE THE NUMBERS LOOKED AT A NEED FOR ROUGHLY 450FT² PER PERSONNEL, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING PROVIDED TODAY, THEY FELT THAT THE NEED WAS MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH 200FT² PER PERSONNEL.
SO THERE'S AN INCREASE OF 100 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE NEXT 12 YEARS.
AND THAT RELATES TO A NEED FOR 20,000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET.
MOST OF THAT NEW FACILITY WOULD LIKELY BE NEEDED TO SERVE THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S IN A JOINT CAMPUS WITH FIRE RESCUE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR A SEPARATE FACILITY.
SIMILAR TO THE OTHER FEES, THERE'S ALSO NEW VEHICLES, NEW FACILITIES.
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE PROVIDED FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TODAY IS 428FT², BUT THIS UPDATE IS BASED ON 200FT².
SIMILAR COST AS THE OTHER FEES.
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THE COUNTY DOES ASSESS A PUBLIC FACILITY FEE WITHIN ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES, AND IN SOME RESPECTS IT MAKES SENSE THE TAX COLLECTOR, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER, VARIOUS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM THEY COVER AND SERVE ALL COUNTY RESIDENTS.SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SURPRISING THAT THERE'S A FEE THAT IS ASSESSED.
WOULD HAVE BEEN 1500 FOR A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT.
BUT BECAUSE OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE, THE ACTUAL ADOPTED FEE IS $251, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH IN KEEPING WITH THE RATE THAT'S BEEN CALCULATED FOR PALM BEACH GARDENS.
AND THEIR FEE IS ROUGHLY $1,200 FOR A 2500 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AGAIN, IN TERMS OF ANY TYPE OF COMPARISON IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
EACH OF THESE FEES USES DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY, DIFFERENT DATA.
SO IT'S JUST SORT OF PROVIDED THERE AS A COMPARATIVE PURPOSE.
BUT FOR MORE DETAIL ON THAT, GO TO THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WEBSITES.
SIMILARLY, THE OVERALL PUBLIC FACILITIES FEE IS NOT AS HIGH OF AN INCREASE FOR MOST USES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HOTELS, PRIVATE EDUCATION AND THE COMMERCIAL STORAGE.
THE FEE IS ROUGHLY 20% HIGHER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO USING A 200 SQUARE FOOT BASIS FOR FUTURE EMPLOYEES DID HELP TO KEEP THIS OVERALL FEE LOWER COMPARED TO THE OTHER FEES ITSELF.
WE ALSO LOOKED SIGNIFICANTLY AT DATA RELATED TO PALM BEACH GARDENS IN TERMS OF POPULATION, DWELLING UNITS AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE, AND TRIED TO GET MUCH DEEPER INTO THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES VERSUS MULTIFAMILY, BECAUSE WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO GO FROM A DWELLING UNIT IMPACT FEE TO AN ACTUAL PER SQUARE FOOT IMPACT FEE.
AND WE LOOKED AT PARCEL LEVEL DATA FOR ALL PARCELS WITHIN THE CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS AND BASICALLY CAME UP WITH THESE CONVERSION FACTORS.
AND YOU'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS, YOU SEE THAT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS ROUGHLY HALF OF THAT OF AN APARTMENT, AND THE MAXIMUM SIZE FOR AN APARTMENT IS 1300FT² WITHIN THE GARDENS.
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO DOWN TO THIS PARCEL LEVEL DATA.
SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF BEDROOMS COMPARED TO SQUARE FEET, AND FOUND IT WAS A PRETTY STRONG CONNECTION TO AS A DWELLING UNIT INCREASES, SO DO THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. NUMBER OF BEDROOMS MEAN POTENTIALLY MORE PEOPLE LIVING OR VISITING OR STUDENTS COMING HOME, FAMILY COMING DOWN, WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT GENERALLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF STUDIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE SHOWN THE MORE BEDROOMS, THE MORE IMPACT, THE MORE BEDROOMS, ALSO THE GREATER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE DWELLING UNIT. AND THEN WE'VE COME UP AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED VARIOUS THRESHOLDS, WHICH ARE MAXIMUM LEVELS AT WHICH THE FEES WOULD BE ASSESSED BASED ON THE DATA THAT EXISTS TODAY IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.
AS YOU SEE, A SINGLE FAMILY IS HIGHER, SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED.
IT CAPS OUT AT 4500FT², WHICH WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM RANGE.
AND THEN FOR MULTIFAMILY IT'D BE 2500FT².
ANYTHING ABOVE THOSE SQUARE FOOTAGES WOULD NOT BE ASSESSED AN IMPACT FEE.
WE ALSO LOOK TO SIMILARLY TO EMPLOYMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A WHOLE LOT OF THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO FIND ADDITIONAL DETAIL, IT IS IN THE TECHNICAL REPORT ITSELF.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT INCLUDES CONCLUDES THE ACTUAL UPDATE OF THE IMPACT FEES THEMSELVES.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IN 2021, THE LEGISLATURE AMENDED THE IMPACT FEE ACT, AND THEY SAID THAT ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT INCREASES OR UPDATES ITS IMPACT FEE, THE MAXIMUM THEY CAN INCREASE IT OVER EXISTING FEES, IS 50%.
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SO ANYTHING ABOVE 50%, YOU CAN'T CHARGE NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT.IF IT'S BETWEEN 25% AND 50% INCREASE OVER EXISTING FEES, YOU PHASE IT IN OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
AND THIS WAS INTENDED TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF FEE INCREASES ON NEW DEVELOPMENT.
NOW YOU'RE GOING TO PAY $5,000 FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
PALM BEACH GARDENS ITSELF HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE EVERY 4 TO 5 YEARS UPDATING ITS FEES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN TERMS OF STATUTE AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE LEGISLATURE DID INCLUDE A PROVISION WHAT'S KNOWN AS EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
COMMUNITIES THAT ANNEX A LOT OF PROPERTY.
COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCE A SPIKE IN OVERALL COST OF IMPROVEMENTS, OR THOSE THAT GO FROM A PLAN BASED SYSTEM, OR FROM A CONSUMPTION BASED SYSTEM TO A PLAN BASED SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE ALL THE BASES FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
BUT LEGISLATURE SAID THEY DID NOT DEFINE THAT TERM.
THEY ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND THEY LIKELY WILL INTO THE FUTURE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST THE DEFINITION.
EXTRAORDINARY MEANS ABOVE AND BEYOND, NOT AVERAGE GROWTH.
BUT IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY.
AND IT'S UP TO YOU AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND YOU HAVE TO DEFINE IT IN A STUDY.
THIS IS THE FIRST WORKSHOP THIS MORNING.
THERE'LL BE A SECOND WORKSHOP THIS EVENING.
AND THEN THE FINAL REQUIREMENT IS THAT TWO THIRDS OF YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY ACTUALLY ACTUALLY APPROVE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. SO IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF A COUNTY COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S ACTUALLY A SUPERMAJORITY OF THAT BOARD TO MAKE A FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
IF. THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROVE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
THEN THESE UPDATES WOULD BE PHASED IN PER STATUTE.
THIS IS THE ADVERTISEMENT THAT WAS HELD FOR THIS MORNING'S WORKSHOP AND THIS EVENING'S WORKSHOP, AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS WE'VE LOOKED AT, I'VE LOOKED AT IT STATEWIDE RECENTLY, GONE THROUGH A SIMILARLY PROCESS WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THEIR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BUILDERS, THE DISCUSSIONS WITH A LOT OF THE FOLKS.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS GROWING FAST.
IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING STATES IN THE ENTIRE US, AND IT'S A LARGE NUMBER.
SO YOU'RE JUST NOT GETTING TO A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL IN MATH.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, IT'S EASY TO SAY, COMPARE THE GARDENS TO JUPITER OR THE GARDENS TO OVIEDO AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. 50,000 RESIDENTS, 60,000.
IT'S GOING TO SHOW YOU HAVE HUGE POPULATION GROWTH.
SO WE LOOKED AT ARE YOU GROWING FASTER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTION.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH.
AND THAT'S A PROCESS WE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF PRIOR STUDIES AND THIS STUDY.
THEY'RE ALL RELATIVELY LARGER.
IN THE 1980S AND 1990S, THEY WERE ALL ABOVE FLORIDA AS THEY SORT OF BUILT OUT MORE URBANIZED.
THEIR PERCENTAGE OVERALL IS ACTUALLY DECREASED OR IT'S LOWER THAN FLORIDA.
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MIAMI DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY EXPERIENCED IN THE 80S AND 90S TODAY.THEY'RE ALL GROWING FASTER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WESTLAKE, WHICH STARTED OUT WITH 15 RESIDENTS.
PALM BEACH GARDENS SINCE THE 80S HAS BEEN GROWING FASTER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND IT'S ALSO PROJECTED TO GROW FASTER THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OUT TO 2035 AS WELL.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS IN TERMS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL GROWTH IN THIS COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE HIGH LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PROVIDING TO ITS RESIDENTS AND ITS BUSINESSES. THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FACILITIES, AND WE BELIEVE THAT GROWTH IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND IT REALLY DOES FORM THE BASIS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO ADOPT THESE IMPACT FEES AT THEIR CALCULATED RATE AND TO NOT PHASE THEM IN.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER METRICS AS WELL IN TERMS OF INCREASES IN POTENTIAL TRAFFIC.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS, WHICH A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE MOVING TOWARDS TODAY ON THE MOVEMENT FROM A CONSUMPTION BASED FEE TO AN IMPROVEMENTS BASED FEE.
THAT LIST OF PROJECTS DRIVES HOW MUCH THE RATE IS.
IT'S HERE'S A SPECIFIC LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH.
AND SO IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF HOW THE CALCULATION OCCURS.
AND ALSO THERE'S A NUMBER OF LAND USES THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND STREAMLINED.
AND THE HOPE IS WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ADOPTION.
THEIR FEE INCREASED BY 200 AND 300%.
THERE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO ADOPT A MOBILITY PLAN AND A MOBILITY FEE TEN YEARS AGO.
WELL, THAT FEE LOOKED OUT 20 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
SO ALL THE INCREASES WERE ALREADY PROJECTED TO BE WHAT THEY WERE 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
THOSE INCREASES, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS LESS THAN 50%.
ON AVERAGE. THEY WERE 25% BECAUSE IT WAS BASED ON PLAN IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE NEED.
SO MOST LIKELY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE GARDENS INTO THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IT'S PLAN BASED, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO SEE A 70% AND 80% INCREASE. YOU MAY SEE A TEN, 15, 20% INCREASE BETWEEN NOW AND FIVE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE INCREASE IN POPULATION.
WE WENT BACK ALL THE WAY TO 1990.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FIND SPECIFIC DATA RELATED TO PALM BEACH GARDENS.
I'M USING THOSE MEDIAN PROJECTIONS.
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AND THAT GROWTH REALLY IS GENERATING THE NEED.AND THAT REALLY IS THE PRIMARY BASES FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE REPORT ITSELF GOES INTO ROUGHLY 30 PAGES OF DETAIL OF WHY EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES IS RELEVANT, BUT THE POPULATION GROWTH IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FACTORS.
UM. AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? BECAUSE SOME OF THESE FEES DO EXCEED 50%.
SPECIFICALLY THE THREE CATEGORIES CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL THE UPDATES OVERNIGHT LODGING.
UNDER CURRENT STATUTE, THESE WOULD ALL BE LIMITED TO 50%.
SO THEN IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'RE FALLING BEHIND.
EVERY TIME YOU GO TO UPDATE THIS, YOU'VE NEVER FULLY CALCULATED THE FEE.
THERE WOULD BE LESS OF AN INCREASE FOR THESE USES.
SIMILARLY FOR RESIDENTIAL USES ON A PER 1000 SQUARE FOOT BASIS.
ALL THE OTHER CATEGORIES OF FEES ARE LOWER FOR POLICE PROTECTION, ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN TERMS OF SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED AND MULTIFAMILY, BUT IN GENERAL, THE FEES ARE ACTUALLY ALL LOWER BECAUSE IT'S GONE FROM A THRESHOLD THAT WAS SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY IN NATURE TO ACTUALLY PALM BEACH GARDENS SPECIFIC DATA.
I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING THAT A FEE CALCULATED IS AUTOMATICALLY LOWER.
THEREFORE WE DON'T HAVE TO EVEN ADDRESS WHAT THE ACTUAL LIKELY DEVELOPMENT IS.
SO WE LOOKED AT THE AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF DWELLING UNITS.
WE LOOKED AT A ROUGH NUMBER OF EXAMPLES AND.
EACH ONE OF THE IMPACT FEES INCLUDES SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT A 3000 SQUARE FOOT LEVEL, A 1300 SQUARE FOOT LEVEL FOR TOWNHOMES, A ONE 250 SQUARE FOOT LEVEL FOR MULTIFAMILY, AND SHOWS WHAT THOSE PERCENTAGE INCREASES WOULD BE.
SO, AS YOU SEE AS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE GOES UP.
THE FEE INCREASES, BUT CONVERSELY, AS SQUARE FOOTAGE GOES DOWN AND SMALLER UNITS TEND TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE IN NATURE, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PAY A LOWER FEE POTENTIALLY THAN WHAT THEY'RE PAYING TODAY.
AND THESE ARE JUST SORT OF THE BASES FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT'S DOCUMENTED AND DETAILED IN THE NEEDS STUDY.
BUT THE PRIMARY FACT THE TWO LARGEST FACTORS ARE.
THE CITY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH.
IT'S LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH.
AND THE ONE OTHER CONSIDERATION.
FOR THE PAST ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT RULES, THE LAND USE RULES THAT ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOLLOW THROUGH FLORIDA STATUTE.
THAT'S IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR DATA ANALYSIS SHOWED, THEY CAN ONLY INCREASE 3% A YEAR.
ULTIMATELY, THAT WAS FOUND NOT TO BE THE CASE, BUT THAT FORMED THE BASIS FOR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES FORMING THE BASIS FOR THE CAP FORMED THE BASIS FOR PHASING IN THOSE USES.
WITH THAT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF THIS WORKSHOP.
AGAIN, THE REPORT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE CITY.
THERE'LL BE A SECOND ONE THIS EVENING, AND THEN THERE WILL BE TWO ADDITIONAL HEARINGS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WILL ILLUSTRATE THE REPORT, THE FINDINGS AND THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE ITSELF.
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THANK YOU, JONATHAN, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENTS WHO PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT WAS CRITICAL TO MAKE THIS UPDATE TO THE IMPACT FEES.
AS FAR AS OUTREACH AND NEXT STEPS, THERE WAS A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THIS WORKSHOP.
THERE IS ANOTHER PUBLIC WORKSHOP THIS EVENING AT 6 P.M.
AS A CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023.
A FIRST READING IS SCHEDULED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, A 2023 A CITY COUNCIL SECOND READING IS SCHEDULED IF THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE IMPACT FEE AS RECOMMENDED.
I HAVE NOTRILLIONECEIVED ANY COMMENT CARDS.
YEAH. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.
OKAY SEEING NONE. THIS CONCLUDES THE MORNING WORKSHOP.
AND THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.