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that fees should be based on "Permanent plus Weighted Peak Population," which is what the <br />Comprehensive Plan talks about in terms of the level of service. <br />Mr. Mullen discussed Florida County Park fees, Revenue -Neutral fees, and looked at <br />County total non-utility fees. He thereafter concluded his report stating that impact fees did not <br />cause building slowdown and that freezing fees would not stimulate growth. He said there is an <br />existing inventory of unsold homes that have already paid impact fees, and reducing or freezing <br />impact fees would not have any effect on clearing out that inventory. He suggested the Board <br />might want to consider prioritizing fees, and if no increase, and they wanted to keep it revenue - <br />neutral, they could look at which ones they want to do. He strongly urged the Board to consider <br />updating the fees based on the new study, as opposed to simply leaving them alone, because they <br />would be defensible. <br />4. PUBLIC DISCUSSION <br />Commissioner O'Bryan addressed the issues of cost as presented in the Report. He <br />asked whether, instead of debating over the cost figures, they could debate the methodology and <br />come up with a model that says every six (6) months we could plug in our current price and <br />reflect a change. Mr. Mullen explained how best they could achieve an impact fee calculation. <br />Commissioner Flescher addressed an earlier comment from Mr. Mullen regarding the <br />non -effect of impact fees on environmental growth in the City of Destin, and did not believe it <br />was a fair comparison. Mr. Mullen explained how he arrived at the methodology he had, and <br />how he approached his fact findings. <br />9 <br />March 6, 2008 <br />Public Workshop <br />