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1` f <br />9 �� ) <br />mu 70 Dr,E 759 <br />In particular this ordinance will assist the North County <br />Sewer Project by allowing the Whispering Palms Mobile Home <br />Park to participate in the time payment program for impact <br />fees. <br />The language of this ordinance has been approved by all <br />offices concerned and is recommended for adoption by the <br />Board of County Commissioners. <br />Director Pinto explained that in following the direction of <br />the Board, staff is trying to proceed with taking as many of the <br />small package plants out of service as we can. At the same time, <br />we want to be sure where new package plants are being built <br />because of the absence of countywide facilities, that everyone <br />understands clearly that as county facilities become available, <br />those plants will be abandoned and connected into the county <br />system. Also, some of the existing facilities have specific <br />requirements within their franchises to connect, but the way the <br />franchise is written together with the way our assessment <br />ordinance is written eliminates the possibility of them partici- <br />pating voluntarily in our assessment program. When staff put <br />together the voluntary program, one of the areas looked at <br />specifically was mobile home parks because of the impact of the <br />connection fee and impact fees on those dwellings-, and they <br />accordingly created an assessment program whereby the tenants of <br />the park would be allowed to pay the impact fee over a 10 year <br />period. The way it is written now requires the park owner to <br />connect, but if he voluntarily agrees to the assessment charge, <br />he can't pass it through on the same basis to his customers, and <br />we want that to come out of the ordinance. <br />Commissioner Eggert believed the non -franchised people are <br />still on a voluntary basis, and that was confirmed. <br />Commissioner Bird wished to know if there is any way for us <br />to avoid the Commission wearing a black hat when we take over a <br />system and have to raise the rates because they are so tow as a <br />result of being subsidized by the developer. <br />Director Pinto noted that most of the new franchises contain <br />Language requiring that they inform the customers annually that <br />30 <br />