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DEC 111995 Boa 62 PA.U.,E930 Commissioner Scurlock understood that these increased fees would not cover all the costs involved and felt this should be a self-sustaining entity.. While he did not want staff to take the time to go back to the drawing board, he felt that the fees should be adjusted to 85-90% recovery, at least for now, and then changed at some time in the future. He also understood that a substantial number of the rezoning requests are in the 5 -acre category. Richard Shearer, Chief of Long -Range Planning, explained that just about all the requests are for parcels under 40 acres. Commissioner Bird asked if this would make any difference in staff load when it is changed to commercial or residential, and Mr. Shearer believed that it took more time to rezone to commercial. Commissioner Scurlock pointed out that we are picking up a lot of costs right now on County -initiated changes, but Planning 8 Development Director Robert Keating explained that after the non-residential conversion tables are approved in January, the number of rezonings should decline substantially because most non-residential will be brought into conformance with the Compre- hensive Land Use Plan. Chairman Lyons opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. There were none. Commissioner Bird felt that the Board should go ahead and adopt staff's recommendation at the present time, and Commissioner Scurlock suggested increasing the fees right now even though it wouldn't be particularly popular. Commissioner Bird felt that subsidizing this to some degree is really a County function, and Chairman Lyons agreed, but felt the question is to what extent. Commissioner Scurlock suggested increasing the land use amendments by $100 on each item and also raise the combined by $100. 52