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OCT 2 3 1985 BOOK PAGF 563 rate. To accommodate the budding population, they will be opening a school in Sebastian in November and next year will be expanding three schools and after that two additional schools, all of which are elementary schools. These are all kids born here in the county, and they do not feel the proposed project is going to be excluded from the realm of producing kids for the school system. Mr. Hunter believed it also is anticipated the project will create 300 additional jobs and those people will not be living in the complex, but close to it. Therefore, the School Board last night wanted representation at this meeting for the sole purpose of reading into the record its desire to see that the County Commission does something about seeing to it that the School Board receives compensation of some sort for the financial impact of this development. Commissioner Scurlock advised that the School Board attorney has been in contact with Attorney Vitunac and himself and discussion did come up about a possible education impact.fee. Commissioner Scurlock felt if such a fee were implemented, it would have to be under the County since the School Board doesn't have that authority. Commissioner Wodtke noted that on Page 18 (3) the developer is required to make an annual report, but he would hope that where we might have some concerns on the Development Order, there would be a requirement for us to get a report either annually or bi-annually to make sure they address every issue. Commissioner Scurlock hoped that if we are going to be required to analyze the annual report, we receive a sufficient fee to cover the work required. He believed there has been a great deal of stress on the Planning Department because this is a major project, and there are many other things going on in the county as well. Commissioner Bird felt we can adopt such a fee structure, and Director Keating concurred that this was a good idea. 104