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.419bert Keating, Director of Community Services, advised that the applMi'caftt'"has modified his request to ask for RM -6 instead of RM -1.0, which is consistent with what staff recommended to the Planning & Zoning Commission. Commissioner Scurlock asked about the transfer of densities from the portions of the complete parcel that are designated as environmentally sensitive, and Director Keating explained that with the RM -6 zoning there is a potential for transfer of densities from the adjacent wetlands. It is allocated for 1 upa for density transfer purposes, and that cannot exceed 50 percent, so that gives you 9 upa. Commissioner Scurlock noted that staff's recommendation states that sewer is available, and he questioned whether that statement is correct as he understood that all of our capacity is reserved. He asked to be enlightened on that since we are in an expansion mode and have been told as a Commission that our expansion is necessary because currently we are at capacity. Utilities Director Terry Pinto confirmed that we are at capacity on that south county line, and explained that the City of Vero Beach has allowed us to use capacity which we will have to replenish when we build our south county plant. Commissioner Scurlock asked if it would be fair then to say that any development, not only this project, that occurs in that corridor that is going to come onto sewer is going to necessitate the County to either acquire the General Development Utilities' wastewater plant or design and construct a new south county plant, and Director Pinto stated that it is our projection to develop that plant within the next 3 years and fund it through impact fees. Any developer looking for capacity or loaned capacity through the City's plant would have to pay impact fees. Commissioner Scurlock understood that Strazzulla Bros. have reserved over $600,000 of capacity along Indian River Boulevard and that if they walked in tomorrow and demanded _service, we