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Chairman Davis mentioned that Brevard and Martin Counties were bringing <br />forward an Ordinance to do some type of suspension to their commercial impact fees, and <br />wanted to know if anyone had information on why they were doing this, or how they were going <br />to "get away" with it. <br />Attorney Collins did not believe that Brevard and Martin Counties could get away <br />with the suspension, because they were only reducing commercial, and you cannot choose who <br />gets the reductions. He observed that if a reduction in fees was desired, the Board should not be <br />seeking a moratorium, but rather, it should amend the Ordinance to discount by some percentage <br />the set fees which are in place. <br />Joseph Paladin, President, Black Swan Consulting, briefed the Board on Brevard <br />County's proposed draft emergency Ordinance for a moratorium on transportation impact fees <br />and commercial development, and stated that he would obtain and provide a copy of the latter to <br />Attorney Collins. <br />Chairman Davis wanted to do something with the County's impact fees. <br />Discussion ensued between Commissioner O'Bryan and Mr. Wilson regarding <br />possible losses of impact fee revenues from businesses that were already in the "hopper". <br />Commissioner Wheeler believed that the transportation impact fees for commercial <br />development were too high, and the residential impact fees were too low, since it was the <br />residential which created the need for the commercial, and the demand for the infrastructure. <br />Regarding the proposed impact fee reductions, Commissioner O'Bryan wanted to <br />see a requirement for work to commence within six months of pulling a permit, during the six- <br />month temporary reduction of the fees. <br />March 3, 2009 24 <br />