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Mr. Paladin, rationalizing the philosophy of doing something drastic, like not having impact fees charged on commercial/industrial development for a moratorium period, asked who would the County be worried about defending itself against, and Administrator Baird said potentially we could have a residential builder sue us. Mr. Paladin in conclusion stated that if we create an incentive even if it is through a temporary moratorium period to give people that incentive, people would not pull permits right away. It was his opinion that it was not a big threat for us to worry about someone suing us. Administrator Baird said we could finance the impact fees and that would be a way of deferring them for commercial only, and that has risks. Discussion continued regarding who would sue the County and whether it would be a good idea to reduce impact fees. The Chairman called a break at 3:21 p.m., and reconvened the meeting at 3:33 p.m., with all members present. Richard Bialosky proposed that the Board consider the suggested one-year moratorium on fees for commercial development; however, because things are so bad right now he was not sure that a blanket moratorium on impact fees would have a beneficial impact. He supported having an across the board moratorium and for the Board to come back and discuss it after a year. He agreed with Commissioner O'Bryan that if we can get people to start buying from our local suppliers, we could turn things around, and that we have to do something to be sustainable here. Don Wright, Sebastian, who has served on the Impact Fee Committee, complimented Board members on their level of understanding and knowledge of impact fees. He felt there were good points made today that needed to be taken into consideration. One was for the measuring of trips based on national averages. He thought rather than spending money September 17, 2008 15 Public Workshop