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Fr - J BOOK I What it could be included in is part of the impact fees, because it was the cost of acquiring it, unrelated to utilities. He emphasized that Utilities is an enterprise fund; they build their own roads - the County does not build them with ad valorem taxes. Chairman Eggert understood then that there is no money earmarked for any specific place at this moment, and Public Works Director Jim Davis confirmed that there isn't. He believed we need to take a philosophical look at what part utilities play in a right-of-way corridor, because they do consume some of the corridor. He noted that FP&L and other franchised utilities in the county pay a franchise fee which goes into the transportation fund. Commissioner.Scurlock emphasized that Utilities pays the County a 6% franchise fee to the tune of almost $3 -million a year, and those monies go into whatever fund the Board of County Commissioners chooses. Presently, those monies are going into the General Fund,------------- Director und-.------------- Director Davis suggested that perhaps some of that could be allocated to the Boulevard account. Commissioner Bird understood that this line will be used for purposes other than just supplying these particular properties, and Director Pinto explained that we are assessing only 80% of this project, because we figure 20% will be carrying additional flow. He noted that parcels 9 and 15 have assessments totaling approximately $7,000 and that cost will be picked up by the Utility Dept. because the previous owner had put in a lift station plus the chase lines under the road. Commissioner Bird wanted to be assured that we have done the best we could to come up with an easy formula to spread this cost in an equitable way, and Director Pinto explained that the square footage assessment is the method that has been tested the most and found by the courts to be the fairest and the most equitable, mainly because the square footage ends up relating to the use. 14 M