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Interlocal agreement with the municipalities of Belleair, Belleair Bluffs, Clearwater, Dunedin, Gulfport, Indian Shores, Largo, Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Pinellas Park, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, Seminole, South Pasadena, St. Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, Tarpon Springs, and Treasure Island to continue the status quo collection, distribution, and expenditure of multimodal impact fees.
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Recommended Action:
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Approval of the interlocal agreement with the municipalities of Belleair, Belleair Bluffs, Clearwater, Dunedin, Gulfport, Indian Shores, Largo, Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Pinellas Park, Redington Beach, Redington Shores, Seminole, South Pasadena, St. Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, Tarpon Springs, and Treasure Island to continue the status quo collection, distribution, and expenditure of multimodal impact fees.
Additionally, it is further recommended that the Board of County Commissioners delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute this interlocal agreement to meet the October 1st deadline imposed by the State.
• Forward Pinellas and Pinellas County Housing and Community Development have been working on an update to the Pinellas County Multimodal Impact Fee Ordinance since summer of 2024.
• Last session, the Florida State Legislature passed CS/HB 479 requiring an interlocal agreement be executed by October 1, 2025, where a county and municipality charge a mobility impact fee to coordinate the mitigation of their respective transportation impacts to ensure any new development or redevelopment is not charged twice for the same impacts.
• This interlocal agreement memorializes the existing procedures for the assessment, collection, and expenditure of the multimodal impact fees to comply with CS/HB 479 while the update is being finalized.
• If an interlocal agreement is not executed, the fee charged to a new development or redevelopment shall be based on the transportation capacity impacts apportioned to the county and municipality as identified in the developer’s traffic impact study or the mobility plan adopted by the county or municipality.
• There is no fiscal impact to the current Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget or the FY26 Proposed Budget.
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Strategic Priorities:
Resilient Infrastructure and Environment
1.1 Improve traffic flow efficiency
1.2 Maintain and enhance County Infrastructure
Prosperity and Opportunity
3.1 Increase the availability of attainable housing
3.5 Foster business growth
Summary:
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Entering into this agreement will bring the County and local government parties to the agreement into compliance with state law resulting from CS/HB 479 while ongoing work is completed to update the County ordinance as planned prior to the new legislation.
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Background Information:
In 1986, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners adopted a system for collecting transportation impact fees, pursuant to State concurrency requirements. In 2016, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance 16-21 establishing the existing mobility impact fee program by amending Chapter 150, Impact Fees of the Pinellas County Land Development Code as detailed in Chapter 150, Article ii, Part III of the Pinellas County Code of Ordinances.
Fiscal Impact:
Entering into this agreement will have a net-zero fiscal impact and will serve to maintain the existing process of assessing, collecting and spending multimodal impact fee revenues.
Staff Member Responsible:
Rodney Chatman, Planning Division Manager, Forward Pinellas
Partners:
Town of Belleair, City of Belleair Bluffs, City of Clearwater, City of Dunedin, City of Gulfport, Town of Indian Shores, City of Largo, City of Madeira Beach, Town of North Redington Beach, City of Pinellas Park, Town of Redington Beach, Town of Redington Shores, City of Seminole, City of South Pasadena, City of St. Petersburg, City of St. Pete Beach, City of Treasure Island, and City of Tarpon Springs
Attachments:
Interlocal Agreement
Ordinance 16-21