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SK i a e be 131t <br />College, including the recent addition of Bachelor's Degrees in certain arts and science <br />programs. <br />Commissioner Solari called a break at 11:00 a.m., and reconvened the Workshop at <br />11:15 a.m. <br />III. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Commissioner Solan invited public comments. <br />Don Wright of 700 N. Fischer Circle, Sebastian, and working with the Incentives <br />Program, believed modifying said Program, thus eliminating stringent requirements, would be <br />easier than a voter referendum. He had the following suggestions for making the Incentives <br />Program work: <br />1) Change the 100% requirement to 75% or 80% (currently the qualifying jobs have to <br />equal or exceed 100% of the County's average wage). <br />2) Change the incentive amount to a meaningful amount ($3,000.00). <br />3) The payment of grants could be reduced to three years to make it more effective, <br />instead of spreading it over five years. <br />4) Revise the formula for bonus for people who come in and create obs: these should <br />be restricted to two, (a) provide a 10% bonus on top of the $3,000.00 if the location is <br />in the Enterprise Zone; and (b) a 10% bonus if you are 150% of the average annual <br />salary. <br />5) To solve the impact fee problem: provide 0% financing and have those impact fee <br />monies paid out of ad valorem taxes on a direct dollar -for -dollar basis. <br />13 <br />February 5, 2009 <br />Economic Summit Workshop <br />IX 136 PG 733 <br />