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12 .A.6 . CONSIDERATION OF IMPACT FEE ISSUES <br /> Director Keating, through review of his memorandum of August 5 , 2011 , provided a <br /> synopsis of several impact fee concerns raised at the July 12 , 2011 Board of County Commission <br /> meeting by Charlie Wilson, President, Asset Research and Recovery, LLC (ARR) . Among other <br /> concerns cited, Mr . Wilson contended that the $200 cost of the impact fee refund application was <br /> too high, and that the application fee should not have to be paid when the application <br /> was <br /> initially filed . Director Keating noted that the County Attorney will be addressing the impact <br /> fee issues of a legal nature at a future meeting . <br /> Director Keating reported on the two types of impact fee refunds in the County ' s Impact <br /> Fee Ordinance : ( 1 ) Non- Commencement, when the fee payer opts not to start construction of his <br /> project; and (2) FailureAo-Expend Funds , when the County fails to spend the funds within six <br /> years of collection . He stated in light of ARR' s concerns, staff has established an application fee <br /> collection process where upfront payment is no longer required ; the fee is subtracted from the <br /> application fee refund amount . Regarding the impact fee refund application fee, staff has <br /> prepared for Board consideration a Resolution reducing the fee from $200 to $75 and <br /> recommends the Board apply the fee to both types of refunds . Director Keating thereafter <br /> provided details on a tracking mechanism that could be used to generate reports and possibly <br /> email notifications about eligibility for an impact fee refund . <br /> Chairman Solari requested that the Board keep the Motions separate for the Non- <br /> Commencement impact fee refunds and Failure-to -Expend Funds impact fee refunds . <br /> Director Keating, responding to Commissioner O ' Bryan ' s inquiries, provided staff' s <br /> definition of "non- commencement of construction, " and confirmed that the structure on Marsh <br /> Island (discussed under Item 12 . A . 1 . ) , would not qualify for an impact fee refund . <br /> Attorney Polackwich clarified that Chapter 1000 of County Code, the Impact Fee <br /> Ordinance, does not use the term "non-commencement of construction" - it talks about the <br /> BK 141 PG 258 <br /> August 16 , 2011 37 <br />