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Administrator Chandler advised that he and Public Works <br />Director Jim Davis attempted to explain the methodology of road <br />impact fees to the Fellsmere officials in a workshop held in <br />October, but the Fellsmere City Council voted in December not to <br />re -institute the program. <br />Director Davis explained that Fellsmere is in District #7, <br />which basically covers the area from CR -510 west to where it <br />turns north to CR -512. It is a large district as it reaches to <br />the north county line, and the southern boundary is 53rd Street. <br />Commissioner Wheeler felt it appears that we are reaching an <br />adversarial position on this matter, and suggested that before we <br />go any further, we have a joint meeting or workshop with the City <br />of Fellsmere to try and convince them that it would be in their <br />best interests to participate in this program. <br />Commissioner Scurlock disagreed because staff already has <br />spent a substantial amount of time and effort in communicating <br />with the Fellsmere officials on this matter. <br />Commissioner Wheeler was simply saying that sometimes you <br />can accomplish more by going in as a Commission and meeting with <br />the City Council. <br />Frank Hurst, Mayor of Fellsmere, agreed that part of the <br />problem is due to the lack of communication. He emphasized that <br />Fellsmere isn't mentioned in the County's long-range plan until <br />the year 2015, and that is the bone of the problem. The other <br />problem is that the City of Fellsmere was told that CR -507, where <br />it comes in from the north, would be brought straight across to <br />the City of Fellsmere and hooked into CR -512. First they were <br />told it would be on a 3 -year program; then it was back to a <br />5 -year program; and now it isn't even listed in the program. <br />Commissioner Bowman believed that a large part of the <br />communication problem is because Fellsmere has had at least 3 or <br />4 different representatives on the Transportation Planning <br />Committee in the last 3 years or so. She didn't feel anybody has <br />been on the job long enough to find out what it is all about. <br />39 <br />BOOK <br />