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0 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WOULD BE IN LIEU OF MONEY USUALLY GIVEN THEM BY THE COUNTY, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THESE MONIES ARE MEANT TO BE IN LIEU OF ANYTHING. . COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS SO SHE FELT THE CITY DID HAVE INPUT. CITY. -COUNCILMAN LOCKWOOD AGREED THAT CITY MANAGER LITTLE HAD SUBMITTED TO THE TOURIST DEVLOPMENT COUNCIL A LIST OF 4.4 MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS. HE. POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A PROPOSED BUDGET AND HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED, AND WHEN IT IS FINALIZED, HE -WOULD .THEN PROPOSE TO TAKE IT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL BUDGET IS NOT ETCHED IN STONE AS TO PARTICULAR PROJECTS, BUT IT IS PRETTY MUCH AS TO THE PERCENTAGES OF DISTRIBUTION. COUNCILMAN GREGG ASKED IF THE BOARD IS LOCKED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THEY COULD -PASS AN AMENDING ORDINANCE, BUT HE FELT IF THESE ARE NOT THE PRIORITIES DESIRED, THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED NOW RATHER THAN LEFT TILL LATER, LLOYD BERNEGGER ASKED HOW MANY OTHER MEETINGS WILL BE HELD ON THIS MATTER BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER TARGET DATE, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST BOARD MEETING UNLESS THE PUBLIC HEARING WERE CONTINUED, BUT THERE WOULD BE OTHER MEETINGS OF THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. CARROLL PALMER AGAIN SUGGESTING AMENDING THE SECTION I (A) OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO SPECIFY THAT SINGLE APARTMENTS AND CONDOMINIUMS WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE TAX. CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS REGULATED BY FLORIDA LAW AND WE CANT PUT•ANYTHING IN THE ORDINANCE TO SUPERSEDE STATE STATUTE. THE CHAIRMAN FURTHER NOTED THAT THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PREFERS THE+SEPTEMBER PRIMARY DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE BALLOT AND ALSO BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE THE TAX CONCURRENT WITH THE COUNTY'S FISCAL YEAR. 53 __ sw i8x°R35,355 r�u.,