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FFF-- ,SAN, Boor, 63 Fnn_ 215 will occur in certain road situations that the activity does not track the historical records. Commissioner Wodtke asked it, for instance, a development were to occur west of Kings Highway on 12th Street, and 50' additional R/W was requested from those individuals, would they receive credit toward their impact fee? Director Davis confirmed that they would get a portion depending on the value of the R/W; there is language in the ordinance that spells out how they get that credit. --- Commissioner Bird asked if they don't get full credit for the appraised value of the R/W donation, and Director Davis explained they would only if it is on our capital improvement program. Commissioner Wodtke noted that apparently then if they are east of Kings Highway on 12th St., they won't receive credit towards the impact fee, and Administrator Wright agreed that is the problem we have been struggling with for several weeks. We have to find some equity, but he did not think we can find it tonight. Lee County is experiencing the same problem. The Administrator felt it must be kept in mind that this is only part of an overall funding mechanism. Commissioner Bird brought up 53rd Street which runs east and west and divides districts 7 and 8. He wished to know how we explain to someone who builds a single family home on the south side that their impact fee is $450 while on the north side of the same street, the fee is $150, or 1/3 as much. Mr. Richardson stated that the impact fee ordinance they have developed for the county is very clear on this. The first impact ordinances developed used a countywide fee schedule, but experience showed that this resulted in people in the more remote areas of the county paying a lot higher fee than their impact actually was. The proposed ordinance tries to mitigate that problem and recognize those differences by creating districts with varying fees. However, in districting you also create some 8