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Director Mora announced that some developers have brought forth proposals to partner with the County and do the widening on US 1 themselves, and staff is now evaluating some of these Developer's Agreements. He described the way the Developer's Agreement would work if the County agrees: the County would obtain any additional right-of-way along US 1 if it were necessary, and the developers would actually design and build US 1 and possibly receive an impact fee credit. Mr. Mora talked about how much impact fee credit we could afford to give the developers, stating that if we were to allow an impact fee credit on US 1 they have estimated that the credit would probably be lower than the 45% allowed on 27th Avenue. He explained the reason for that. Discussion ensued regarding impact fee calculations, whether US 1 is plugged in, whether to take this out of General or other funds, and budgeted amounts for roads/constraints. The Chairman called a break at 9:34 a.m. and reconvened the Workshop at 9:44 a.m. with Attorney Collins absent. Mr. Richard Bialosky, 940 Oyster Shell Lane, felt we needed to do some paradigm shifting (to a planning base solution to US 1). He thought decisions were being made based on the ease of commuting certain hours of the day and felt we needed to look outside the box and not look to staff for creative solutions to traffic and transportation problems. He talked about sustainability and urged the Board not to waste millions of dollars building something that in the long run may not be needed. He introduced Mr. Billy Hattaway of Glatting Jackson and thanked him for coming to speak on the issues of transportation. Billy L. Hattaway, Corridor Planning and Engineering Practice Leader of Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, was glad for the opportunity to speak about the issues at hand. He provided a brief background on his qualifications and expertise disclosing that he has been in the February 9, 2007 6 Public Workshop