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MAR 19 1991 a BOOK PAUL 9 � with the statement in Item #7 which refers to "every lot in the entire project". On the other hand, if the County doesn't make them pay for 501 units, then they are admitting that the impact fees have been paid. It would be one against the other. This is a very bad, complicated situation that has gone untreated for too long. Not until 1985 were the errors and oversights discovered, and it appears that the County's only solution was to sweep it all under the rug and then start over. In conclusion, Mr. Nelson felt he could go on all day about this issue, but just wished to point out that the residents of their park chose this mode of living as an affordable lifestyle, which it was 10 years ago until the question arose on the payment of these impact fees. Mr. Nelson's presentation was followed by a standing ovation from the standing room only audience. Chairman Bird felt some new information came out this morning that staff perhaps is not prepared to respond to. He knew it was the Board's intention to have all funds accounted for and credited in the proper places, and if there have been errors in the past, such as sloppy bookkeeping, it is not going to be swept under the rug. It is not our intention to do that. We will try to work with our staff to have as complete and accurate accounting as possible of the funds that have been or should have been collected, of who should have paid what and when, and of who now should be receiving credit for those funds. He would like to give staff a chance to digest what has been said here this morning, and prepare a proper response to Mr. Nelson's points and then reschedule another meeting to discuss the matter. Commissioner Scurlock pointed out that all the accounting at that time was done on the IBM -38 in Data Processing, which is under the auspices of the County Clerk's Office. Subsequent to that, Utilities transferred to the System 400, which interfaces with the IBM -38, so he wasn't sure whether the current staff would be able to document and go through the process adequately without involvement of the other entities. All the records are finally kept with the Clerk's Office, although much of that information is entered into the program at the Utilities Department. He felt it is absolute) la P y clear that sometime in 1984-1985 it came to the attention of the Board of County Commissioners that their franchise administration was in arrears on many of the impact fees, not only for this development, but on Pelican Pointe and a couple of other developments also, and that 43