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TO DISTRIBUTE THE SURPLUS. IF THIS WERE CUT OFF, THERE WOULD BE A <br />QUESTION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT SECTION 4 ON PAGE 6 <br />STATES THAT NO CONTRACTS SHALL BE ENTERED INTO WHICH ARE DEPENDENT <br />ON RECEIPT OF TOURIST TAX DOLLARS COLLECTED AFTER A CERTAIN TIME. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, OF 815 26TH AVENUE, SPOKE FOR HIMSELF AND <br />NOT AS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION. HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE MANY <br />RETIREES IN VERO BEACH WHO CAME HERE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEY LIKED <br />A COMMUNITY WHICH WAS NOT OVERBUILT OR FLOODED WITH TOURISM, AND MANY <br />OF THOSE HE HAS -SPOKEN WITH ARE DISENCHANTED WITH ANYTHING THAT WILL <br />PROMOTE MORE TOURISM. HE FELT THE ADVERTISING WILL CARRY OVER TO <br />THE WINTER SEASON REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS DIRECTED AT SUMMER <br />TOURISM OR NOT. MR. KoOLAGE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE CAPACITY. <br />OF THE NEW HOSPITAL AND ALSO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WATER AND SEWER. <br />HE FELT THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT FROM THE FUNDS NEEDED TO TAKE CARE <br />4 <br />OF INCREASED TOURIST TRAFFIC AND FACILITIES. MR. KOOLAGE NOTED THAT <br />THIS MAY BE A TAX ON TOURISTS, BUT IT IS STILL A TAX ON SOMEONE, AND <br />HE FELT IF THIS MUST BE DONE, IT SHOULD -BE DONE ON A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE <br />BASIS RATHER THAN A TAX, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR IS <br />TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER THIS ON THE <br />BALLOT, AND IT WILL BE THEIR DECISION. <br />MR, KOOLAGE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL IT SHOULD BE PUT ON <br />THE BALLOT, ESPECIALLY IN SEPTEMBER WHEN A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WON T <br />-BE HERE. <br />TOM PALMER, ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, THANKED THE <br />TOURIST COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR ADOPTING ALMOST ALL OF <br />THEIR SUGGESTIONS. HE STATED THAT HE DID FEEL THAT THERE HAVE BEEN <br />TWO INADVERTENT OMISSIONS - ONE ON PAGE.5, IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH WHERE <br />PART OF THE PHRASE aSHALL RECEIVE DETAILED LINE ITEM TAX EXPENDITURE <br />REPORTS" WAS LEFT OUT, AND ATTORNEY BROWN AGREED THAT THIS HAD BEEN <br />OMITTED._-_- <br />- ATTORNEY PALMER CONTINUED'THAT ON PAGE 6, FIRST SENTENCE, <br />THE PHRASE "IN WRITING WITH SPECIFIC FINDINGSSHOULD BE INSERTED <br />AFTER THE WORD "REPORTED.. HE THEN ASKED IF IT IS THE INTENT THAT <br />22 <br />