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Memorandum of Agreement With City of Brooksville Regarding Impact Fees Associated With Library Services, Law Enforcement and Correctional Facilities
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The attached memorandum of agreement is regarding impact fees with the City of Brooksville (City) and addresses the following:
a) The County shall adopt and implement impact fees associated with Library Services, Law Enforcement and Correctional Facilities; and provide those services on a countywide basis. The City agrees to collect the impact fees adopted by the County and remunerate impact fees for capital improvements associated with these services to the County.
b) The County agrees to provide Emergency Management Services (EMS) services to the City of Brooksville pursuant to separate agreement(s) and shall adopt and implement impact fees for EMS, with the sole purpose of providing for capital improvements for EMS service to the City. The City agrees to collect the fees adopted by the County and remunerate impact fees for capital improvements associated with these services to the County.
c) In the event the City adopts a roads impact fee which is based upon an assessment of the impacts to City roads the City agrees to collect the total fee adopted by the County and remunerate the difference between its adopted roads impact fees and the adopted County roads impact fee to the County for capital improvements associated with impacts to County roads within the City.
d) Pursuant to, and in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes (Florida Impact Fee Act), the City and the County shall each be responsible for the adoption and imposition of impact fees within their jurisdictional limits in accordance with the terms of the Act.
e) Impact fees shall be remitted quarterly by the City to the County.
f) The City shall limit administrative charges for the collection of impact fees to actual costs, which the city expects to be approximately 3% of the amount collected. Both parties agree that a 3% administrative charge is presumptively valid and reflective of the city's actual cost of collection.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
A matter of policy. No financial impact.
LEGAL NOTE
The Board is authorized to act on this matter pursuant to Chapters 125 and 163, Florida Statutes.
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Board approve and authorize the Chairman’s signature on the attached memorandum of agreement with the City of Brooksville.