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NOV <br />� <br />BOOK 78 FADE37 E <br />Commissioner Bird asked why the sale of a mobile home has to <br />automatically trigger the payment of the impact fee, and Director <br />Pinto said that it doesn't have to. What the County was looking <br />for is a method to have the impact fees paid to us. We can't <br />waive any impact fees. There are a couple of things we could_ <br />have done. We could have said to the park owner that under his <br />franchise he was going to connect to the system and would be <br />paying the impact fees immediately upon connection. However, <br />there is a question in the tenants' minds of whether or not the <br />park owner can pass it through, but there isn't any question in <br />the park owner's mind that he can pass it through. If the County <br />had said that the park owner has to pay up front, he would pass <br />it through to the people. So, the only thing the County did was <br />say that we understand the impact this may have on the people in <br />the park. The other way we could have done it was to say that we <br />would finance it over a 10 -year period with the owner paying so <br />much per month plus interest. By doing that, however, there was <br />still a possibility that it would have been passed directly <br />through to the tenants. Director Pinto explained that we felt <br />the best way for the mobile home owner, the tenant, is to say <br />that nothing has to be paid until the unit is sold and at that <br />point the impact fee has to be paid -to the County. That says to <br />the park owner that he has to pay it to the County. If he has <br />the ability to pass it through, it gives the tenant a couple of <br />benefits. First, they are not burdened with the expense during <br />the time they are living there; and secondly, there is some <br />financing that takes place at the time of the sale of the unit <br />and that cost can be plugged in there. <br />Director Pinto emphasized that we have tried to structure an <br />agreement in favor of the tenant, not the park owner, and <br />Commissioner Bird felt they have done that with the agreement. <br />Mr. John suggested the deletion of all references to the <br />people who are renting and just have the agreement specifically <br />20 <br />