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13. COUNTY ATTORNEY MATTERS <br />13.A. EXTENSION TO CONTRACT FOR LOT FILL RELATING TO HUNTINGTON <br />PLACE SUBDIVISION <br />(Clerk's Note: This item was heard immediately prior to, and in conjunction with, Item <br />10.B.1. and is placed here for continuity. Please see item 10.B.1. for discussion and Board <br />action). <br />County Attorney William Collins recalled that on January 6, 2009, Foster I.R.C., LLC, <br />the developer of Huntington Place, had requested a 2 -year extension to its Contract for Lot Fill, <br />and to the associated Letter of Credit. He provided background and outlined the conditions of <br />the requested 2 -year extension, and told the Commissioners that before them today was a draft <br />Modification to the Contract for Lot Fill with Foster I.R.C., LLC. He added that he did not know <br />what Mr. Foster, who was scheduled to speak at today's Commission meeting, wanted to discuss. <br />At this time, Chairman Davis invited Mark C. Foster, President of Foster I.R.C., LLC, to <br />present his request to the Board. <br />13.B. FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES' INQUIRY OF INTEREST IN JOINING <br />SUIT TO CHALLENGE HOUSE BILL 227 -IMPACT FEES <br />County Attorney William Collins recapped the memorandum of June 16, 2009 to provide <br />details on the request by Ginger Delegal, General Counsel of the Florida Association of Counties <br />(FAC), to determine whether any counties would be interested in challenging a new law relating <br />to impact fees, House Bill 227 (HB 227). He related the two primary bases for challenging the <br />law (outlined on pages 228 and 229), and said that FAC was considering the following three <br />options: (1) seek a declaratory action that the law was unconstitutional because it did not meet <br />the constitutional requirement for two-thirds passage in both Houses; (2) wait until the law is <br />28 <br />June 23, 2009 <br />