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OCT 10 BOOR F F'��r .2' personally believed the Impact Fee Program is fair and equitable and does provide for input of all parties concerned, including the City, through our Transportation Advisory Board. Commissioner Scurlock asked if the Sebastian representative, Councilman McCarthy, has raised any objections or questions or tried to add anything to our capital improvement program through that process, and staff was not aware of anything. Administrator Chandler continued that our county has initiated and done traffic studies in that area, and he is not aware of any studies the City of Sebastian has done on their traffic needs. He believed we have an equitable system now that can work if given an opportunity to work, and he wished to point out that just on CR 512 alone, that segment that rests within the municipal boundaries, we are looking at an overall expenditure of close to 8 million dollars. In regard to the City of Fellsmere dropping out of the program about 2 years ago, the Administrator reported that just last week he met and discussed this with new Fellsmere Mayor Frank Hurst, and he was going to take this back to the Fellsmere City Council for reconsideration. We should know within about a month what we are facing within the City of Fellsmere. Commissioner Scurlock asked if Fellsmere understands that impact fees have a limited use and that they cannot be used for maintenance. Administrator Chandler assured him that he and Public Works Director Davis have had many meetings with them and explained this, and he believed that at least the Fellsmere administration understands. Commissioner Scurlock commented that one thing he takes great exception to is that Mr. Rondeau has again surfaced with the accusation that the County Commission was not interested in the North County. He finds that to be unbelievable, and for the record he would like to outline some of the things we are doing in the North County: 31