Do Hilton, Ocala Park and La Quinta have standing (substantial interest) in these proceedings? Has Ocala Park demonstrated reasonable assurance of compliance with the District's requirements for issuance of the remedial/retrofit stormwater management system permit? Did Hilton institute these proceedings for an improper purpose, and if so, may attorney's fees and costs be determined and/or awarded?Retrofit retention pond permit had to comply with all rules but did not have to guarantee every other pond would comply. "Improper purpose" for purposes of attorney's fees was examined in detail and none was found.

The central issue in this case is whether the application for a surface water management permit (permit no. 4-009-0077AM) filed by the Respondent, David A. Smith (Applicant), should be approved.Applicant entitled to permit as reasonable assurance provided; the predevel- opment condition of parcel correctly reviewed by district - not challenger.

Pursuant to the Florida Electrical Power Plant Siting Act, Sections 403.501-403.519, Florida Statutes, South Broward County Resource Recovery Project, Inc., on behalf of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners (Broward County) filed, on April 8, 1985, an application for power plant site certification for a resource recovery facility and landfill. The statutory scheme calls for both a land use hearing and a certification hearing. This land use portion of the proceeding raises the sole issue of whether the site selected for Broward County's proposed resource recovery facility is consistent and in compliance with existing land use plans and zoning ordinances. At the hearing, Broward County called Thomas M. Henderson, Director of the Office of Resource Recovery for Broward County; Roy H. Groves, Director of Planning, Implementation Division, Broward County Planning Department, who was accepted as an expert in planning-land use and zoning; Josephine Honer, an Assistant Planner, Broward County Office of Planning, who was accepted as an expert in planning-policy analysis of comprehensive plans; and, Diane Moore, Acting Development Management Director, Broward County Office of Planning, who was accepted as an expert in environmental planning-environmental impact analysis. Broward County offered Exhibits 1-32, and they were received into evidence. The Department of Environmental Regulation (DER) called no witnesses, but did offer Exhibits 1-4, which were received into evidence. The Department of Community Affairs (DCA), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and South Broward Citizens for a Better Environment, Inc. (SBC) called no witnesses and offered no exhibits. Sylvia Clements, S. William Grassi, and Bruce A. Head, members of the general public in attendance at the hearing, testified on their own behalf.Recommended certification of part of proposed resource recovery facility and landfill but denial of portion that would affect Ann Kolr Park.