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AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED TO RECESS FOR LUNCH AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING•AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. THE BOARD THEREUPON RECESSED AT 12:45 O'CLOCK P.M. FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ANNOUNCED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX ORDINANCE WOULD CONTINUE AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND THE INTERPRETATION OF WHETHER YOU DQ OR DO NOT PAY THE TAX IS UP TO THE STATE. ALSO A TWO-YEAR LIMITATION WOULD NOT BE INACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW WHICH REQUIRES THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED FOR FOUR- YEAR TERMS. HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS MUST BE PRESENTED TO THE ELECTORATE AS THE PRESENT LAW DICTATES. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX ORDINANCE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING OF AUGUST 9, 1978, AT 11:00 A.M. AND AGREED TO ASK THE TOURIST TAX ADVISORY COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP TODAY AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO J NVITE THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED, TO CONSULT WITH THEM ON.THE PROPOSALS MADE. AL AIKEN APPEARED REPRESENTING FLORIDA LAND COMPANY WHICH IS REQUESTING ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF PECAN GROVE ROAD AS DISCUSSED AT AN EARLIER MEETING. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE CONCURRENCE OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT ON THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT, MR. AIKEN STATED THAT THEY MET WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAST WEEK, AT WHICH TIME THE DISTRICT PASSED A RESOLUTION CONCURRING WITH THE ABANDONMENT, BUT IT COULDN'T BE COMPLETED BECAUSE THE CHAIRMAN IS OUT OF TOWN. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT IS IMPOSING ANY CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM, AND MR. AIKEN STATED THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO ESCROW DEEDS WITH THEIR ATTORNEY JUL -1 91978 54