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Hans Ottinot <br />From: friends @1000fof.org on behalf of 1000 Friends of Florida <friends @1000fof.org> <br />Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 7:50 AM <br />To: thieleh @leoncountyfl.gov <br />Subject: Please Call Your Legislators to Oppose HB 7023 <br />X <br />Dear Herbert, <br />The 2014 Legislative Session has not yet started, but already it is promising to be a damaging <br />year for planning and growth management issues. <br />Please call your state elected officials" to let them know you oppose HB 7023. Among other <br />things, this prohibits local governments from applying impact fees or transportation <br />concurrency to certain new commercial development for three years. Let them know this once <br />again would pre -empt local government authority. <br />If you haven't already called about the damaging fib 703 vole can express your opposition to <br />that legislation as well. Let your local government WrrICials.Anow about these efforts to <br />preempt their authority to make planning decisions. Eck below for more details. <br />* Email addresses are no longer posted on the Legislature's website, but the protocol for the House is <br />firstname.lastname n myfloridahouse.ov and for the Senate is lastname.tirstname.web cr flsenate.gov. <br />HB 7023, a wide - ranging economic development bill by the House Economic Development & <br />Tourism Subcommittee, among other things would prohibit applying impact fees or <br />transportation concurrency to new commercial developments of less than 6,000 square <br />feet for three years. Although a city or county commission could vote to opt out of the <br />requirement, it places an unnecessary burden on those elected officials who are working to <br />ensure that development, rather than the taxpayers, covers the cost of new growth. <br />This language was contained in HB 321 last year. It passed the House despite opposition <br />from the Florida League of Cities, the Florida Association of Counties and 1000 Friends <br />of Florida, but died in the Senate. <br />1000 Friends of Florida again is opposing this provision in the proposed bill for two reasons: <br />• Local governments already have the authority to waive or reduce both impact fees <br />and transportation concurrency. <br />