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Responding to Commissioner Solari's question, Director Boling affirmed that to a <br />great degree, the SJRWMD permit would suffice to protect the County's groundwater concerns. <br />Deliberations ensued as Commissioners and staff considered whether to rely on <br />SJRWMD's review of the hydrology report, or whether to have the review of an outside expert <br />hired by the County. <br />Commissioner Wheeler wanted to include an inflationary clause in Section #3(1) <br />(d) (1), whereby the $10,000 deposit could be subject to an increase. <br />Director Boling explained that the Ordinance authorized the County to charge the <br />fee, but there was a separate Resolution which established the fees, which could be amended at a <br />later date. <br />Commissioner Wheeler believed it was cleaner to have an inflationary clause in <br />the Ordinance, and Attorney Collins explained that verbiage could be included in the Ordinance, <br />which states that the $10,000 amount may be amended by Resolution of the Board. <br />Shawn McGuire, Engineer, Carter & Associates, and representing Sandco, <br />objected to the $10,000 fee. He conveyed that Sandco has already been held up during the <br />moratorium, and had already submitted, with their application, a hydrology report to SJRWMD. <br />Russell Herman, Friends of St. Sebastian River, recommended that the applicants <br />pay for a County -designated firm to review the reports, to ensure neutrality. <br />Herman Taub, 8203 SE Cumberland Circle, Hobe Sound, FL, and Geologist, <br />stated that his hydrology reports go to the regulatory agencies and to the Counties, and he felt <br />10 <br />December 8, 2008 <br />