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increasing Work Order No. 6 Survey contract to $39,415.00 and authorizing additional payment to Masteller, Moler & Reed, Inc. in the amount of $2,015.00, as recommended in the memorandum of February 10, 2006. 12.A. COUNTY ATTORNEY – APPEAL FROM DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR NEW IMPACT FEE INCREASE EXEMPTION – GREAT SOUTHERN BUILDERS, LLC Assistant County Attorney William DeBraal informed the Board that this is an appeal to the Board, sitting in its appellate capacity, as an appeal from a department head’s decision. Great Southern Builders contracted to build a single-family structure but submitted documents past the revised deadline. He acknowledged Debora Fairchild from Great Southern Builders who came to explain the basis of her appeal. Debora Fairchild , Certified Building Contractor in the State of Florida, and building exclusively in Indian River Club, is a small builder who builds one to two houses per year. Last June, Peter and Linda Braun contracted with her to build a single-family house in Indian st River Club, prior to the deadline. The original Ordinance stated they had until July 1 unless further extended by a duly enacted ordinance to file for impact fee exemption. After signing the contract, the Braun’s decided to make extensive elevation revisions changing the house from a country cottage look to a West Indian look, which required a complete re-engineering that took extensive time, all the while thinking she had the time to get this done. When she was ready for the Permit she looked on the website and found that according to the form they had until September th 30 to file. She went to the County Attorney and was denied. Denial was faxed to her without the revised Ordinance and she had to make an additional trip down here and found the ordinance had been changed without their knowledge. The Brauns’ are trying to hold her responsible for it and March 14, 2006 21