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is what he was requesting. He urged the Board to avoid litigation and the high costs associated with lawsuits. He estimated that over the 10 years, the impact fees will be in the County's hands and at that time the system could be hooked up. Chairman Eggert clarified that a condition of the original development agreement was to hook up to the County wastewater system when it became available. Attorney Block agreed that in the franchise it does indicate that the hook-up is mandated. County Administrator Jim Chandler further advised that a condition of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council was that the package plants were to be considered temporary until such time as County facilities became available, so the requirement to hook up extended beyond just our franchise agreement. It was part of the original permitting and approval of the development itself. That was one of the conditions of the Department of Environmental Regulations in 1980. Commissioner Bird thought it sounded simple and asked for the other side of the story. Utility Services Director Terry Pinto agreed it is simple when we are looking at one specific wastewater treatment plant in the county, but the master plan of the county recognizes that package plants are not good for the county. When you look at them on an overall basis, collectively, they are bad, even when a plant is operating properly. The county invested $90 million dollars for a utilities system based on franchise agreements. These agreements are what allowed these facilities to be built in the first place. When the developer went to the Regional Planning Council and came to this County Board, they were allowed to build because they entered into that agreement. They understood that utilities are a major issue for this county and we cannot allow package plants to be scattered through the county. Director Pinto explained that the phasing that Mr. Block mentioned has been proposed as a method of paying impact fees. Indian River County has gone beyond anyone in the state in offering many different ways of paying impact fees. One of the options is not to pay the impact fee until the unit that you are living in is sold. The logic behind that is that there is a money transaction taking place and it should make that process a little less difficult. The County Commission offered a finance plan over a 10 - year period. That is phasing. The request for an extension to the year 2002 is not phasing. Director Pinto felt it would be detrimental to our system to have a package wastewater treatment plant like that at Countryside because when there is a failure 19 9r,15