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I NAR 12 1991 nor r.d P,�'E JUEJ property owner," but his ability to pass it through is strictly out of our control. Mr. Pitiak wished it to be stated FOR THE RECORD that this agreement is saying that a mobile home owner who does not own his property is not subject to the fee. Attorney Vitunac agreed he is not subject to the fee by this ordinance, but we do not know what is said in his lease with the park owner. Mr. Pitiak continued that prior to 1985 the agreements do not contain that language; yet, because of this ordinance, the park owners are passing through the impact fee to the tenants. He would like the Commissioners to study this. There is no need for haste in adopting this ordinance. Mr. Pitiak wished to have a statement made for the record as to just who owes this fee, and Commissioner Scurlock stated FOR THE RECORD that there is nothing in this ordinance that requires anyone other than the real property owner to pay the impact fees. Mr. Pitiak felt, in regard to rate increases, the figures just don't jibe. He wished he could agree with the consultant who said it would only cost $1.00 per month more in water and a couple for sewer. He calculated that his water and sewer bill, if this ordinance is adopted, will go up nearly 50% to 60%; on 7,000 gallon consumption, water and sewer will come out to over $105 per month. He also felt the impact fees are too high. What is shown will be over 100% increase, and construction costs, et cetera, have not increased that much. Mr. Pitiak suggested the Board take a hard look at these rates because he felt a lot of people eventually will not be able to afford these rates, especially those people in mobile home parks. If they are forced to go ahead and pay these impact fees,they will just walk away from their homes and leave them for the County to clean them up. Mr. Pitiak asked the Board to review his comments and not adopt the rate schedule or this ordinance until all these questions are answered. Michael Radell of Steel, Hector and Davis, City of Miami, representing American Retirement Communities, owner of Heritage Village Mobile Home Park located at 1101 Ranch Road, expressed concerns, not as to the size of the impact fee, but rather to the fairness and equity in how that impact fee is distributed among different users, in particular mobile home park users. He said he had three basic issues to present for the Board's consideration. One is that the ordinance as currently proposed does not make a distinction between new mobile home parks and existing mobile home parks and it charges one ERU for a mobile home regardless of whether there is a long-term history of precisely what the impact 40 r