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ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT LAST YEAR THE CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />AND THE COUNTY AGREED TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR THE DEADLINE FOR THE <br />ENGINEERING REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED UNDER THE TRIPARTITE <br />AGREEMENT. THE ATTORNEY CONTINUED THAT ALTHOUGH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, <br />THE SAME SITUATION STILL EXISTS, AND HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A SIMILAR <br />EXTENSION AGREEMENT BE APPROVED. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF VERO. <br />BEACH, EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE PREVIOUS EXTENSION AGREEMENT FOR A <br />ONE YEAR PERIOD UNDER TERMS SUBSTANTIALLY AS PRESENTED AND AS SATISFACTORY <br />TO THE CHAIRMAN AND THE ATTORNEY. <br />SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE MADE.A PART OF THE MINUTES WHEN FULLY <br />EXECUTED AND RECEIVED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLI*NS NOTED THAT THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED A REPORT <br />ON DUAL TAXATION PREPARED BY THE FIRM OF SOUTHERN & KELTON AND STATED <br />THAT MR. KELTON HAS INDICATED HE WOULD BE GLAD TO COME BEFORE THE <br />COMMISSION AND REVIEW THE REPORT IN DETAIL. THE ATTORNEY CONTINUED <br />THAT HE HAS PREPARED A LETTER TO THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />CONSISTENT WITH THE RESPONSE FOUND IN THE REPORT. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />REPORT DID ITEMIZE THE PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT WOULD BENEFIT SOME AREAS <br />TO THE EXCLUSION OF OTHERS, INCLUDING BUILDING, ZONING, FIRE AND ANIMAL <br />CONTROL, BUT CONCLUDED THAT THE AD VALOREM FUNDS GENERATED FROM THE <br />UNINCORPORATED PORTION OF THE COUNTY AMOUNTED TO AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS <br />OF.THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. FOR THAT REASON, MR. KELTON FOUND THERE <br />WAS NO DUAL TAXATION AS IT APPLIED TO THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES. <br />.ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE REPORT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDA— <br />TIONS WHICH HE FELT WOULD BENEFIT THE COUNTY, AND HE RECOMMENDED THE <br />BOARD WORK TOWARDS ADOPTING SOME OF THEM. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT <br />REPORT, AND COMMISSIONER LOY FELT IT WOULD BE VERY WORTHWHILE TO TAKE <br />MR. KELTON UP ON HIS OFFER TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND REVIEW THE <br />REPORT AND HIS RECOMMENDATIONS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE REPORT ON DUAL TAXATION DONE BY <br />SOUTHERN & KELTON AND AUTHORIZED THE RESPONSE TO THE TOWN OF INDIAN <br />RIVER SHORES IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONSULTANTS. <br />57 <br />B" 38 PnE 57 <br />