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submit the Application to the Florida Energy and Climate <br />Commission. <br />APPLICATION IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />12.A.2 . CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF <br />IMPACT FEES <br />Community Development Director Robert Keating reviewed the memorandum of <br />February 1, 2010, to provide background conditions and analysis of the County -initiated request <br />to consider extending the temporary suspension of impact fees for Emergency Services <br />Facilities, Correctional Facilities, Public Buildings, Law Enforcement, and Solid Waste <br />Facilities. He recalled the Board's adoption on March 24, 2009, of Ordinance No. 2009-003, <br />which had effected a six-month temporary suspension of the aforementioned impact fees to <br />September 30, 2009, and the Board's adoption on September 22, 2009 of Ordinance 2009-015, <br />which extended the temporary suspension for another six months to March 31, 2010. He <br />relayed that staff would advise extending the suspension for a one-year (rather than a six-month <br />period), and presented staff's recommendation for the Board to authorize staff to advertise for a <br />Public hearing on March 16, 2010 to consider extending the temporary suspension of the five <br />impact fees for a one-year period. <br />Commissioner Davis cited the East Coast Animal Medical Center (an animal clinic with <br />an equine surgery center), being built by Dr. Valerie Biehl on 69th Street, as a positive example <br />of a new business which has benefited from the temporary suspension of impact fees. He noted <br />that it is not the time to raise taxes or fees, and observed that extending the impact fee suspension <br />is the proper course of action. <br />Commissioner Wheeler voiced that residential development creates the largest drain on <br />the system, but commercial development pays the largest portion of the fees. He requested that <br />12 <br />February 9, 2010 <br />