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APR 3 1985 Bou 60 9� hook in, but even if they were to want to, they would not be in a position to agree to the so-called current fees. Commissioner Bird asked if he understood correctly that tie County Attorney is going to start negotiations with the premise that they are required to hook up and are required to pay the current impact fee, and if so, on what he would base the justifi- cation for this. Attorney Brandenburg noted that we currently have a county- wide impact fee ordinance that applies to everybody, and we have just assessed individuals along SR 60 $1,250 for each ERU of wastewater and about $1,000 for each ERU of water. Under their franchise, it would be Florida Atlantic's contention that they would only have to pay $70 per ERU for water, which would be grossly unfair to everyone else who has now paid for the water line run out there. Commissioner Bird felt in the one case, however, you have facilities already in the ground versus having to build new facilities at today's cost. Attorney Brandenburg pointed out that when they hook in, they will be using facilities that have been built at today's costs. Commissioner Bird wished further clarification re situations where the transmission lines presently are in the ground - in other words, are the new projects going in on Route 60 responsible for putting in their lines at their cost and then, in addition, responsible for paying the fee for their impact on the main system? Attorney Brandenburg confirmed they would already have their internal lines in place and they would be required to pay the impact fee just like everyone else for connection to the plant capacity and the main transmission lines. Commissioner Scurlock noted that we are not looking to hook any of them up at the present time; we do not have the capacity. This would just put us in a position to provide quality water and 62