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r APR 3 1985 BOOK 60 Pn,,P 2 noted that the mobile home park owners have been paying taxes to the county over the years, and the county has been using this to pay off water and sewer. Commissioner. Scurlock informed Mr. Messner that that statement is totally incorrect; the utility system is wholly an enterprise fund. We did have consultants do a study about fees, and the fees relate to meter size regardless of the size of the homes involved; it relates to capacity.. Chairman Lyons stated that he did not want to debate this matter; what we are concerned with is deciding about proceeding with Village Green. Mr. Messner commented that these old parks have already spent many thousand of dollars for their original systems, and he felt impact fees may be unconstitutional. Commissioner Scurlock noted that there are some significant problems with wastewater, and the county wants this resolved so if the situation degradates, something can be done about it. Mr. Messner pointed out that possibly some grants may be available under the Clean Water Act, and the Chairman informed him that one of the reasons, the impact fees are not higher is that we have taken advantage of the federal government's assistance to build these systems. Commissioner Scurlock further noted that through our assessment program, we have identified that there is a need for allowing longer periods for payments. The park owner apparently is making a permanent 30-40 year improvement, and he wished to know if the County has any ability to say it is ridiculous to extract payment for this from the people in three or four years. Attorney Brandenburg reported that the County currently does not -have any control over what is charged these people for rent whether or not it includes utilities. Robert Miller, Agent for Florida -Atlantic Associates, referred to the existence or non-existence of a contract to buy; he noted that a contract has many facets, contingencies, time 64 -I