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(d) Libraries: Maintain current impact fee rates <br />(e) Law Enforcement: Accept consultants' report and increase fees accordingly <br />(f) Quantifying the Impact: Look at the recommended increase of fees and <br />see how current impact fees impact the creation of jobs and the profitability <br />of new commercial facilities <br />Concluding the joint presentation, Ms. Mitchell told the Board that the Impact Fee <br />Task Force Committee's overall final recommendation was for the County Commission to <br />maintain the current rate for impact fees for all subcommittees. <br />process. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan wanted to move forward with the public workshop <br />Vice Chairman Davis inquired whether the Impact Fee Task Force had come up <br />with any recommendations as far as the ramifications of current impact fees on the creation of <br />jobs and commercial facilities. He felt that our economic structure was single dimensional, and <br />would like to "roll out the welcome mat" for those industries that the County would like to <br />attract. <br />Ms. Mitchell revealed that the Committee had discussed the legality of whether <br />the County could carve out impact fees as an economic incentive. She encouraged the Board to <br />look at Chris Bieber's report (found on pages 13 and 14 of the Impact Fee Task Force Report), <br />which addressed the cost of doing business in Indian River County, and the consequences of <br />imposing additional impact fees on some of the projects. <br />Commissioner Wheeler agreed that economic development was important and also <br />wanted to move ahead with workshops. However, he pointed out that if the County had <br />January 22, 2008 4 <br />