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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MEMORANDUM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO: Joseph A. Baird; County Administrator THRU: Stan Boling, AICP Community Development Director FROM: Sasan Rohani, AICP 5-7. Chief, Long -Range Planning DATE: January 23, 2014 SUBJECT: Consideration of Extending the Temporary Suspension of Three Impact Fees It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of February 4, 2014. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS On March 3, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners considered several alternatives to reduce impact fees for the purpose of stimulating economic development in the County After discussion, the Board decided to suspend collection of five of the County's nine impact fees for six months. As directed by the Board, staff then drafted an Impact Fee Suspension Ordinance, advertised the ordinance for a March 24, 2009 public hearing, and contacted the municipalities in the County. Because the County has Impact Fee Interlocal Agreements with all five municipalities and because those agreements require that the County provide 30 days notice prior to any amendment of the Impact Fee regulations, County staff coordinated with municipal staffs regarding the notice provision. At its meeting of March 24, 2009, the BCC conducted an impact fee public hearing and voted to suspend five impact fees from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009. The five suspended impact fees were: the Emergency Services Facilities Impact Fee, the Correctional Facilities Impact Fee, the Public Buildings Impact Fee, the Law Enforcement Impact Fee, and the Solid Waste Facilities Impact Fee As approved, the impact fee suspension ordinance applied only to impact fees associated with a building permit, and it required that a certificate of occupancy be obtained within eighteen months of building permit issuance. Otherwise, the fee amount attributable to the five suspended fee categories became payable. Subsequently the Board extended the impact fee suspension several times. In 2011, however, the F:\Community Development\Impact Fee\2014- IF Study\BCC staff report for Authorization to extend Temp Susp IF feb 4, 2014 BCC.doc 1