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• <br />program. This is all new to staff and the Commission. The Richman Group will miss their <br />deadline, but so did the other groups. He also advised of the specifics on each of the <br />different applications that The Richman Group had submitted and the lack oftime to develop <br />the numbers to determine the cost to the County on their latest submission. He felt if this <br />group were given approval, it would be unfair to The Palms and Lindsey Gardens, who came <br />in earlier and already owned their property, also he would not know what was being <br />approved. There were too many questions as to the cost to the County. <br />Administrator Chandler recounted the recent process by which staff came with a <br />report to the Board on affordable housing needs. Staff still needs to develop a program with <br />incentives and alternatives. Without having done that, staff could not make a proper <br />recommendation on a fully developed incentive and know its financial impact on the County. <br />Chairman Ginn read the motion passed on February 13th and pointed out there has not <br />been time to learn the impact even on the Utilities Department. She was also concerned <br />about the fairness issue. She wanted to hear from staff rather than from a developer -driven <br />presentation. <br />Ms. Merchant made a final presentation requesting the Board to give their project <br />their consideration today and extolled the benefits of the project they planned. They were <br />very willing to work with staff to come up with an acceptable program. <br />Chairman Ginn commented on the various submissions that had been received from <br />The Richman Group and felt this could not be properly decided at this meeting since there <br />are still many issues to be addressed. She also was not aware that the density bonus had been <br />eliminated. <br />Administrator Chandler stressed that the policy in the past clearly did not include <br />incentives. The Board directed staff on February 13`h to come back with recommendations <br />on various types of incentives. It would then be up to the Commission to determine what <br />March 6, 2001 <br />• <br />93 <br />B'. 1 1 7 PS 352 <br />"S <br />