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Pursuant to Administrator Baird's request, Public Works Director Jim Davis explained the reason for originally placing the requirement for lot fill on the subject property, and opined that drainage at this site does not seem to be a problem. MOTION WAS AMENDED by Vice Chairman Flescher, SECONDED by Chairman Davis, to allow the Letter of Credit to expire; to vacate the fill order; and to not hold the four lot owners to the lot fill as required. Attorney Collins stated that the County could not grant the four lot owners the right to not fill the lots; Mr. Foster would have to amend his deed restrictions accordingly. Upon request from the Chairman, he clarified that the Motion would be to allow the Letter of Credit to expire; to rescind the Contract for Lot Fill; and to ask Mr. Foster to amend his deed restrictions so the four lot owners don't have to put in lot fill until the time of building. Penny Chandler, IRC Chamber of Commerce, spoke of the County's goals to be more business -friendly, and observed that creating another non -attractive parcel of development land, is not where the County wants to head. She suggested that the solution might be Senate Bill 360 (SB 360), which contains provisions for local communities to deal with development issues. Joseph Paladin, President of Black Swan Consulting and Atlantic Coast Construction and Development, Inc., citing his subdivision Parkland Estates as an example, talked about the benefits of building out a subdivision slowly, so that new trees can be planted as others are removed, and felt that leaving the trees on the subject property benefits not only the developers and lot owners, but all area residents. Peter Robinson, 315 Greytwig Road, Rd; Vice President of Laurel Homes, spoke of the benefits of doing things the old way, before all the different LDR requirements. He asked the 19 June 23, 2009