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The County Attorney advised the Board that the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector have agreed and suggested that the percentage in the draft of the proposed bill pertaining to the consolidation of the tax assessment and collection offices of the City of Vero Beach and the County be changed from 2% to 1% in Section 8 of the proposed 411; and it was moved by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner McCullers and unanimously carried, that the Board accept this proposition. A letter from Attorney L. B. Vocelle, representing Mr. B6 -tram J. Bellay, owner of Bell-Aycres Subdivision, in Tract 1, Section 16, T Township 33S, Range 39E, requesting that the entire subdivision be vacated and abandoned was referred to the County Adininistrator for study and information on how county roads and drainage would be affected. Mr. Merrill P. Barber, a member of the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council from Indian River County, introduced Mr. Claude Wolfe, Chairman of the Council; Mr. F. B. Surgine, a memberyof the Council from Orange County; and Mr. Robert H. Doyle, Executives Director of the Council who presented a progress report and review of the accomplishments of the Council in Indian River County and the entire area, wThehe included aerial photographs, preliminary regional planning.(major highway proposals and dark proposals), studies on water resources and water supply, waterway facilities plan, and popula- tion trends and projections. Mr. Taylor Simpson and Mr. Jack Sturgis, members of the Vero Beach City Council and Mr. James T. Vocelle, City Attorney,were also present and Mr. Sturgis urged the Board to keep Indian River County a part of the Bast Central Florida Regional Planning Council. The Board then recessed at 12:15 and reconvened at 1:30 P. M. Commissioner Bogosian presented a Master Plan prepared by the Progressive Civic League of Gifford setting forth various projects they feel should be undertaken by the County in the Gifford area. He then moved that the plan be turned over, to -the County Administrator for study and a feasibility report to the Board at the next meeting, if possible, to that the Board can discuss some of the problems in more detail and determine whether or not any action can be taken at that time. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Dritenbas and unanimously carried. MAY 1 0 1967 o x .0 PACE 48