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_AO .JI Commissioner Bird hoped that we would not -get too hung up on f improvements to CR -507, because that priority could change if significant development occurs elsewhere. For now, however, that is where the TPC has determined where the need is. We are talking about $1.7 million in improvements with only $59,000 in the fund now, so we have plenty of time to study how the area is developing before enough money is going to be in the bank to make any improvements. He encouraged the Council to begin collecting the impact fees now and work very closely with the TPC to make sure that Fellsmere's priorities are set the way they feel they should be. Commissioner Bird emphasized that the impact fees are working in the rest of the county, and he believed they would work in Fellsmere as well, but we need the cooperation of the City of Fellsmere to collect its fair share of the impact fee. A gentleman from the audience asked what the impact fee would be on a mobile home, and Administrator Chandler advised that it would be $316. Councilwoman Lu Cosner hoped that there would be some way that the County would not expect Fellsmere to go back and collect the fees for the past two years. Commissioner Scurlock felt, as one Commissioner, that he would support the County just totalling those fees at $9,000 and just start the program back up and not worry about what wasn't collected. He believed we should just get this thing back on the road, and start building up the funds. Commissioner Bird felt believed it would be virtually impossible to go back now and try to collect them retroactively. 'He agreed that we should start over from scratch and be consi-stent in the future. Councilman Mraz stated that based on the discussion tonight, he felt satisfied that the roads seem to be sufficient at this time to handle the present population. However, he pointed out that the same thing could occur here that occurred in St. Cloud, 12 M M