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• Impact Fees <br /> The project will generate traffic impacts within Indian River County; although those impacts are not <br /> anticipated to be a major impact especially during plant operations when the facility is operated by <br /> 30 full time employees. Although the impacts will not be major, County staff believed that, like <br /> other development projects including County projects, traffic impact fees should be paid in <br /> accordance with County impact fee regulations and the adopted fee schedule. Because there is no <br /> impact fee category for a power plant. staff determined that the plant building area that houses <br /> employees (the plant's administration building) will be assessed at the "manufacturing' traffic <br /> impact fee rate. Based on project information provided by FPL, the total impact fee charge will be <br /> approximately$25,000. Staff has also agreed with FPL that the County's franchise agreement with <br /> FPL caps fee charges to FPL such that the traffic impact fee will off-set franchise fee revenue. As a <br /> result, the traffic impact fee payment will effectively become an "accounting function". Even so, <br /> County staff believes it is appropriate to assess the traffic impact fee to properly account for project <br /> traffic impacts. A traffic impact fee condition has been incorporated into the proposed agency report <br /> and FPL has agreed to the condition (see attachment 48, pages 2 and 3). <br /> • Emergency Services <br /> During its review of the project, County staff coordinated with FPL and Okeechobee County and <br /> raised questions regarding the emergency services needs of the project during construction and plant <br /> operation,and Okeechobee County's ability to provide emergency services including consideration <br /> of the project site's significant distance from fire stations. Okeechobee County has 3 fire stations <br /> and Indian River County currently has 13 fire stations with two more slated for operation in the next <br /> few years. The project location is 30 miles from the nearest Okeechobee County fire station and 18 <br /> miles from the nearest Indian River County fire station. County staff is aware that Okeechobee <br /> County Fire Rescue Services believes there is a shorter fair-weather route from its closet existing fire <br /> station. During discussions with FPL and Okeechobee County, County staff also emphasized actual <br /> response history and Indian River County's responsibilities under the conventional mutual aid <br /> arrangement with Okeechobee County. For reference, maps and data providing a comparison of <br /> Okeechobee County and Indian River County fire station distances to the project site and a <br /> comparison of current fire rescue apparatus and personnel are provided in attachment # 4. This <br /> information will be made an attachment to the agency report. <br /> During the review process, Okeechobee County stated that is has the ability to respond to the plant <br /> site with necessary emergency services within 30 minutes of a call. A 30 minute response time was <br /> the emergency services response time that FPL has stated is needed for the project. Recently,County <br /> Emergency Services Director John King and Deputy County Attorney Bill DeBraal met with the <br /> Okeechobee County Public Safety Director/Fire Chief, Okeechobee County Administrator, and <br /> Okeechobee County Attorney. In that meeting, Okeechobee County again represented its ability to <br /> provide necessary emergency services to the project. In addition, Mr. DeBraal requested that <br /> Okeechobee County provide documentation confirming that Okeechobee Fire Rescue Services has <br /> the following: <br /> F\Community Development\Users\CDADMFN\AGENDA\Current Year\2016\Consideration of Agency Report for FPL's PRoposed 3 <br /> Okeechobee Clean Energy Center 032216 BCC doc., <br /> 174 <br />