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s FEE H IM21 BOOK 1. that prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the facility the access road from 58th Avenue to the subject site shall be constructed as approved by the Public Works Department; and 2. that the area designated on the approved plan as preserved native upland plant community shall remain undisturbed; no clearing or tree removal shall be allowed within the preservation area. Commissioner Scurlock questioned the use of a prime piece of property for this purpose. He mentioned that property in the nearby subdivisions was priced at $40,000 to $50,000 per lot. He felt we should have considered disposing of this valuable land and bought cheaper property elsewhere for the effluent disposal site. Community Development Director Keating stated staff looked at the application for special exception to determine whether the use would fit on the property and did not look at the value of the site. Chairman Eggert noted, and Commissioner Wheeler concurred, that we are not changing the value of other property out there by using this site for effluent disposal. Commissioner Scurlock felt that was the wrong attitude. He said this wastewater treatment plant originally was placed on the least desirable piece. At that time the County was not in the utilities business and out of necessity the subdivision had to handle their own waste. Now, however, if we can use the site for something better, we should. Commissioner Scurlock admitted the project is too far along to change it now. He felt we should have considered the impact of this facility on the adjacent property as well as the value of this property versus locating another site. Commissioner Wheeler asked what portion of the site was used in the past,,and Director Pinto estimated 12 acres with additional wells for the reward system. Commissioner Wheeler asked how much it might cost to move the site somewhere else and to run piping to the golf course to get rid of the effluent, in relation to the difference in value between that piece of property versus another piece of property. Director Pinto said land fills and wastewater treatment plants were located on undevelopable ground. Now we must look at the highest and driest when we are locating this type of system. Commissioner Scurlock pointed out this is not next to the wastewater treatment plant, and Director Pinto pointed out this is located strategically between the two golf courses that we are irrigating. Commissioner Scurlock said we could locate a site closer to the actual treatment plant where the effluent is created and pipe it to the places where it will be used for irrigation. 18 M