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ago the County extended that to the year 2002. As the mobile homes change ownership, a certain number of impact fees are paid per year and that procedure will continue whether they connect to the County wastewater treatment system or not. It is strictly a matter of the monthly sewer bill because the Regional Wastewater System monthly charge is higher than what the developer is charging those people. Commissioner Macht asked, and Attorney Vitunac clarified that the Board has only one decision: whether we want to initiate the action here or let the State do it. Attorney Vitunac believed that this letter is the final word, unless Countryside files a challenge to the authority of the DER. - Commissioner Adams asked about the timing of the requirement to connect, and Director Pinto responded that Countryside's operating permit will expire in February 1993 and DER wants them to connect immediately. The timing for connection would probably depend on the time needed for construction. Director Pinto further explained that the permits and. -design are approved and ready for construction. Edson Nelson, immediate past president and now vice president of the Countryside North Homeowners' Association, Inc., came before the Board and described the conditions at that mobile home park. He stated that homeowners are not able to sell their homes at full value and sometimes are leaving the home to the developer. He blamed this on the bureaucracy of government which puts demands on the developer which affects the homeowners. He recounted the promises of the Commission to bring the County out of the dark ages with public utilities. Instead the County created a monster which must be fed. He related that two years ago he spent thousands and thousands of hours going through the financial records of the County and that those records were "atrocious" and "a financial disaster." Mr. Nelson recalled that the original plan was to replace septic tanks and package plants in areas where the residents voluntarily approached the County to do so. He -stated that Countryside never asked to be connected to the County Utilities System, and he asked that the County leave them alone. He accused the County of ignoring neighborhoods which are on septic tanks and pursuing the replacement of package plants based on the requirements of the DER. He did not believe the County's contention that connection to regional utilities would increase the value of their property. He referred to a packet which he distributed to the Board members earlier, containing newspaper articles detailing the counterproductive effects of impact fees in Hillsborough County compared to the positive results in the economy in Jacksonville, which does not and will never impose impact fees. 17 JAN 191993 BOOK 88 PAGE �