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� that the County should stick to the concept of water quality. She said that, in the long run, it is cheaper to protect water quality by protecting land than it is to deal with the issues afterwards through chemical treatment. Craig Benedict reiterated the issue of protecting water quality by protecting land. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the property is already restricted in its use by the natural component of available soils. He said that if it is restricted by natural soils, then there is no reason to put additional artificial restrictions on top of that. He agreed that it is cheaper to protect water at its source than treat water before you drink it. He said that this extra restriction does not have a commensurate benefit to the overall community. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Chair Foushee to postpone adoption of this item with instructions to the staff to provide some quantification of the water quality improvement that will be provided prior to the Board adopting any other watershed critical area protection within the Seven Mile Creek watershed. Frank Clifton said that this affectively leaves the current regulations in place as they are and does not authorize any change. Commissioner Hemminger made a friendly amendment to release the economic development area from the critical area. Commissioner Yuhasz agreed to this. Commissioner Pelissier said that she is not sure the County Commissioners can get the level of detailed information that Commissioner Yuhasz is asking, and it may cost a lot of money and time. Commissioner Nelson said that he will vote against this motion because he agrees with Commissioner Jacobs, Commissioner Pelissier, and Commissioner Gordon. He is intrigued by the arguments of Commissioner Yuhasz. VOTE: Ayes, 2 ( Commissioner Yuhasz and Commissioner Foushee); Nays, 5 MOTION FAILED A motion was made by Commissioner Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve the Manager's recommendation to close the public hearing and take action on the proposed amendments as shown in Attachments 1 and 2. VOTE: Ayes, 6; No, 1 (Commissioner Yuhasz) b. Public Hearinq on Possible November 2, 2010 Special Advisory Referendum Concerninq the Levy of a One-Quarter Cent (1/4�) County Sales and Use Tax The Board conducted a public hearing to solicit comments from the public on a possible November 2, 2010 Special Advisory Referendum concerning the Levy of a One-Quarter Cent County Sales and Use Tax. Frank Clifton said that this is to allow public input before the Board of County Commissioners' discussion on June 15th. There are two revenue options — increase property taxes or impose the '/4-cent sales tax. If the County has the referendum, it would not have a significant impact this fiscal year. Michael Talbert made the presentation. The final date to get this on the ballot by November is August 6th. The current legislation says that the tax can only be levied either on January 1St or July 1St. There is a technical amendment that would change that to April 1St, if approved. The total revenue for next year (FY 2011-2012) would be approximately $2.3 million. All of this is contingent upon voter approval.