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S E P 2 6- 1990 �K 541 <br />Director Keating advised that staff is recommending that the <br />Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed compliance <br />agreement and fight the system politically through the <br />Legislature. If the compliance agreement is approved tonight, it <br />will -not be the end of the process. Actually, it will be the <br />beginning of a process. If the compliance agreement is approved <br />tonight, the County will be agreeing to take actions to amend its <br />Comp Plan consistent with what is shown in Exhibit B which is <br />part of the compliance agreement that establishes the remedial <br />actions necessary to bring the plan into compliance. If the <br />proposed compliance plan is not approved tonight, we will go into <br />the 120 administrative hearing process, which is a trial -like <br />situation, before the hearing officer. Then, after both sides <br />present their case, the hearing officer will make a decision and <br />send the recommended order to the DCA. If the hearing officer <br />finds that we are in compliance, there will be a final order and <br />we will be in compliance. If the hearing officer finds that we <br />are not in compliance, the issue goes to the Governor and <br />Cabinet, who can impose sanctions. He advised that Attorney <br />Collins will explain the implications of that a little later on <br />in this meeting. There will be 4 more public hearings: one <br />before the Planning & Zoning Commission, one before the BCC for <br />approval to transmit the amendments to the DCA, one before the <br />DCA, and a final action before the BCC. If the process continues <br />to meet with DCA approval, the County will be able to avoid an <br />administrative hearing and keep its State tax money. <br />Assistant County Attorney Will Collins admitted that <br />personally he would like to tell the State to keep their money <br />and that we would do our own planning, but as an attorney for the <br />County, he would have to recommend that the Board approve the <br />proposed compliance agreement so that the County doesn't lose <br />state revenues. Making up the loss of $10 million would mean a <br />25 percent property tax increase, and that would put a <br />significant burden on the taxpayers of this county. <br />12 <br />