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ARE MADE. HE ALSO DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING SUFFICIENT <br />SIGNATURES TO HOLD A REFERENDUM TO DO AWAY WITH THE TAX ONCE IT IS <br />ESTABLISHED. MR. BERNEGGER FURTHER NOTED THAT THE ADVERTISING BUDGET, <br />WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY AIMED AT PROMOTING SUMMER TOURISM, INCLUDES <br />PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS CONVENTIONS HELD AT TIMES OF THE YEAR WHICH <br />WOULD NOT -SEEM TO CARRY THROUGH ON ENCOURAGING SUMMER TOURISM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT THE TAX WILL AUTOMATICALLY <br />DIE IN FOUR -YEARS IN ANY EVENT, AND FURTHER NOTED THAT THE BOARD COULD <br />.REVOKE THE ORDINANCE THEMSELVES IF THEY WERE GIVEN ENOUGH REASON AND <br />INPUT. <br />MR. BERNEGGER THEN QUESTIONED WHY WABASSO BEACH PARK, WHICH HE <br />DID NOT FEEL WAS HEAVILY USED, SHOULD GET 36% OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED <br />FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS INFORMED HIM THE COUNTY <br />IS REQUIRED TO MAKE AN ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF PEOPLE ATTENDING !IABASSO <br />• M <br />-- BEACH PARK OR THE LAND WILL REVERT TO THE STATE, AND ABOUT 24,006 <br />VISITED THE PARK LAST YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER-SIEBERT NOTED THAT 58% OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED <br />FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IS TO BE SPENT IN THE CITY, AND COMMISSIONER <br />Loy POINTED OUT THAT THE AREAS TO BE ADDRESSED WERE DEVELOPED BY THE <br />CITY AND THE TOURIST COUNCIL. <br />CHAIRMAN V!ODTKE NOTED THAT THE LAW WILL NOY ALLOW ANY OF THESE <br />FUNDS TO BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL IN THE FUTURE, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE AGREED WITH MANY OF THE <br />POINTS MR. BERNEGGER BROUGHT UP TODAY AND FELT THEY WILL BE STUDIED. <br />ALDIS BUTLER, MEMBER OF THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, <br />STATED WITH REGARD TO PROMOTION OF SUMMER TOURISM, THAT IT IS NOT THE <br />TIMING BUT THE MESSAGE THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND EMPHASIS WILL BE <br />PLACED ON VERO BEACH AS AN IDEAL SUMMER VACATION SPOT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ADDRESSED THE POSSIBILITY OF THERE BEING NO <br />SURPLUS FOR MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. HE INFORMED MR. <br />BERNEGGER THAT THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THIS TAX USING THE <br />STATE FIGURES, IN ALL CASES HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN ANTICIPATED AND <br />THERE WAS -A SURPLUS. THAT IS WHY THIS WAS ADDRESSED TO SET UP AWAY <br />21 <br />AUG 0 91978 `~ <br />