Placement: Resolutions
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Resolution 21-R120, Deferring Implementation of City Ordinance 21-75, Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee, from October 1, 2021 to October 5, 2021.
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Submitted By: Teresa Lamar-Sarno, Deputy City Manager
Strategic Plan Link: The City’s Mission to be responsive to our community.
Executive Summary (General Business): Defer implementation of City Ordinance 21-75, “Mobility Plan and Mobility Fee” to October 5, 2021.
Presentation Information: Questions will be answered upon request.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the proposed Resolution.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the proposed Resolution.
2. Move that the Council not approve the proposed Resolution.
Background: The City Council considered City Ordinance 21-75, on August 23, 2021, and September 13, 2021. Ordinance 21-75 repeals the City’s established road impact fee and transportation concurrency requirements and implements a mobility plan and mobility fee system pursuant to section 163. 3180(5)(i), Florida Statutes, effective October 1, 2021.
Issues/Analysis: There is a desire to defer implementation of City Ordinance 21-75 from October 1, 2021 to October 5, 2021 in order to allow additional public comment on and further publicize the changes in the Ordinance. There is also a recommendation that City Council direct staff to take the following actions, in addition to all actions required by law, to ensure deferment is executed in an orderly fashion:
a. Provide notice to all known interested parties that a public hearing will be held by City Council on Ordinance 21-75 on October 4, 2021, beginning at 8:00 A.M., in the City Council Chambers, as advertised in Treasure Coast Newspapers (TC Palm) on September 24, 2021 and posted at City Hall on September 22, 2021.
b. Continue to collect City Road Impact Fees pursuant to Title XV, Chapter 159, Article II of the City’s Code through October 4, 2021.
c. Contingent on the written consent of St. Lucie County, continue to collect St. Lucie County’s Road Impact Fees to the extent they would have been collected by the City prior to consideration of Ordinance 21-75 and according to the terms of the Interlocal Agreement for Road Impact Fees executed on November 9, 2011, through October 4, 2021. Any funds collected by the City on behalf of the County pursuant to this provision shall be remitted to the County pursuant to a separate agreement.
Financial Information: The proposed action will result in a four-day delay in collection of the City’s Mobility Fee. Instead, the City will continue to collect City Road Impact fees pursuant to Title XV, Chapter 159, Article II of the City’s Code and County Road Impact Fees through October 4, 2021 and commence collection of the Mobility Fee on October 5, 2021.
Special Consideration: N/A
Location of Project: The City of Port St. Lucie
Attachments:
1. Proposed Resolution
2. Memorandum Calling Special Meeting for October 4, 2021
3. Ordinance 21-75
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 7172
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Elizabeth L. Hertz, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by James D. Stokes, City Attorney.