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fflmllum <br />BOOK 88 FACE g, <br />559 <br />Commissioner Eggert was concerned because other agencies are <br />involved in the requirement for connection. The Department of <br />Community Affairs is involved through the approval process of the <br />Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. The mobile home park was <br />approved as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) on the condition <br />that it would be hooked up to the regional wastewater facility. <br />Mr. Nelson responded that the treatment plant at Countryside <br />is in good shape. The year 2002 would be the limit and the park <br />owner should not be allowed an extension beyond that date. <br />Commissioner Eggert pointed out that the DER can impose <br />penalties on the County in the form of withholding funds, and <br />Commissioner Macht cited the problem in the City of Vero Beach and <br />the penalties imposed for ignoring an environmental order. <br />Mr. Nelson felt the Board should make the decision to extend <br />the time for wastewater connection to coincide with water <br />connection in the year 2002, and allow the residents to contend <br />with the DER. <br />Arthur Aker, resident of Countryside, Number 915, stated he <br />has lived there for 11 years. He brought to the Board's attention <br />the fact that the buyers of used homes in Countryside North are <br />told by management that paying the sewer impact fee is a condition <br />of sale and that the full amount must be paid before a new lease is <br />signed. He contended that their leases do not call for an impact <br />fee. There is also a water impact fee, which brings the total to <br />about $5,000. A buyer of resale property is not going to pay that. <br />It is going to have to come off the selling price. Mr. Aker stated <br />that when Realcor purchased the park in 1985 they sent a letter to <br />all residents indicating that there was no need to amend the lease <br />obligations. Now Realcor is saying that the fee must be paid as a <br />condition of sale and to obtain a new lease. <br />Attorney Vitunac advised that none of the County agreements <br />require the owners to collect anything from the tenants. Some <br />agreements require that the park owner pay the impact fee to the <br />County at the time of a resale, but there is no requirement to get <br />that fee from the mobile home tenant. That requirement is a matter <br />of contract or bargaining between the tenant and the park owner. <br />It has nothing to do with the County. <br />Mr. Aker was sure that there is no contract between the <br />residents and the park owner that payment of the impact fee is a <br />condition of sale. This is the owner's interpretation. Mr. Aker <br />further informed the Board that Countryside North Mobile Home Park <br />is for sale and has been for sale for a long time. He thought that <br />the extension is Realcor's way of avoiding his obligations as <br />spelled out in the contract. He described it as a delaying tactic <br />20 <br />