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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of I'ebruary 27, 2012 -wm•hshop Page 2 of 3 MI•. Don Martin, Community Development Director, gave a presentation regarding the City's Impact Fees covering the following points: ® Background ® Fee Overview ® Practical Application ® Development considerations MI•. Martin explained the purpose of impact fees and gave a breakdown of the types of impact fees collected by the City, the amounts collected since the last update, current fund balances, and fund usage and future fund intent. A copy of the PowerPoint presentation is attached to and made a part of these minutes. Discussion: Discussion ensued regarding the City's impact fees and the difference in fees for new development versus redevelopment. Mr. Alan Ambler, Water Resources Manager, and Mr•. Marty Pawlikowski, Special Projects Coordinator, were present to address specific questions for clarification pwposes. Staff Conclusions: ® Impact fees do affect the cost of development, but not significantly to the level as you might expect. ® All impact fee studies need to be re-evaluated and updated. He noted these are usually done by third party vendors and the funds would come out of the impact fees and not the General Fund; typically updated every five years. ® If the Commission wished to provide relief, staff recommended suspension for a time certain period rather than elimination of the fees. ® Road impact fees should be converted to mobility fee. Fiiaancing available throz~gh ~•oad if~~pactfee•~irrr~d balance. Further discussion ensued regarding the various requirements for conversion to a mobility fee, and the possibility of waiving or reducing the impact fees for a year as a marketing strategy to encourage development. Consensus: Commission consensus was that new impact fee studies should be conducted for all the impact fees, with the exception of utilities, as that study is currently underway. The Commission directed Mr. Newlon to proceed with seeking consultant(s) to conduct the shidies and to bring the details regarding cost back to the Commission for consideration at a future date.