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recommendation to impose that fee, but a report that includes fees up to that amount. There is no recommended amount at this time. Laura Blackmon clarified that the idea of the public hearing is to allow the public to comment on the report so that the public hearing can be closed. Commissioner Nelson asked what the public will be commenting on. Laura Blackmon said that the public could comment on the fee, the numbers included in the report, where the numbers were retrieved, etc. Commissioner Nelson said that when this is tossed out open-ended, there will be an expectation that the County is raising the impact fee to $19,039. This will not be helpful in moving ahead. He said that this is why when there was a work session with the school boards a couple of weeks ago he strongly suggested that staff bring a report with a recommendation of what the impact fee should be based on - data, analysis, pros and cons of options, etc. Laura Blackmon asked if Commissioner Nelson would like the consultant to come and provide information and then hold a public hearing and Commissioner Nelson said yes. Commissioner Carey said that the Board has always put the maximum permissible fee out and the public has commented on it, but it could be done differently this time. He said that if the Board discusses this before the public hearing and where it wants to set the fee, this will give the public something to think about. Commissioner Foushee said that last time the Board put out the maximum supportable fee and made it clear that this was not necessarily where it would be set. The school boards were also given a chance to provide input. She would hope that people would understand that there is a formula used to reach these numbers. Chair Jacobs said that if the Board does not have the public hearing on November 6th then this will evolve to the new Board to make the decision. Commissioner Nelson said that he wants a recommendation from staff based on an analysis, fiscal status, and facts and figures. He is not interested in making a decision that is not based on facts. He does not want to take this to a public hearing without a recommendation. Chair Jacobs said that he would not want to take a staff recommendation to public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners discussed it. He would like to have a Board conversation that helped form the staff recommendation before going to public hearing. Also, Commissioner Gordon's direction at the last meeting was to talk about student generation rates, so the Board has to have this discussion. If the Board is comfortable, then there are three steps — have a discussion on November 6th, have a staff recommendation informed by that discussion, and a public hearing at the last meeting in November. The decision item would come to the Board at one of the two December meetings. The Board agreed. Geof Gledhill said that if the Board decides on November 6th what it is taking to public hearing, it may not meet public hearing notice requirements. The public hearing may have to be on December 1St The Board agreed to this by consensus. Chair Jacobs made reference to page 7, under number 1, and read, "Effective July 1, 1993, the Board of County Commissioners established a system of impact fees to help fund..." He said that it is not to help fund it, but it is to help recover a portion of the school capital needs created by the growth in the County. This is for cost recovery. Instead of"to help fund a portion," it should say, "to help recover a portion." 4. Public Participation in Future Phases of Transfer Station Siting Process Laura Blackmon said that at the last work session, the Board directed Olver to take the top ten sites that were identified through the technical criteria and to apply the community- specific criteria. Olver has done this and the recommendation will come back to the Board on