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<br /> <br />Administrator Baird explained it was the City of Vero Beach who did the zoning. <br /> <br />Commissioner Bowden added (for the record) that it had recently been rezoned. She <br />acknowledged they need to strive to come to a good agreement. <br /> <br />Craig Callen <br />, Vice President of the Los Angeles Dodgers, gave a brief history of the <br />Dodgers and when they came to Vero Beach. He said the Dodgers do not want to buy it and flip <br />it, then set up multi-family residential housing, as allowed in all the documents; they just want a <br />graceful exit from Dodgertown . <br /> <br />Robert Hoss <br />, who writes for the Press Journal, commented this may be a good deal but <br />was concerned that if the County took the land back it would be kept off the tax rolls, which <br />would be another increase to tax payers. He was most concerned that the taxpayers of this County <br />get the best deal possible. <br /> <br />Administrator Baird responded that they do have the option and if the Dodgers do buy it, it <br />will be back on the tax roll. It is being weighed to see if we want to keep the green space. He then <br />expressed that the article was misleading and he had to face a lot of angry people because of the <br />misconception. Lastly, he remarked that this County has the second lowest millage in the State. <br /> <br />Commissioner Wheeler explained how the tax rate in this and other Counties happened <br />because of the 1983 Constitutional Amendment, which put a 3% cap on homesteaded properties. <br />He said, those who had been homesteaded for the past eleven (11) years are paying less money in <br />taxes than they were ten years ago. Furthermore, that it was State imposed and not an act of the <br />County. <br /> <br />th <br />Malcolm Leggett <br />, 1505 4 Street, would like to see the County get another ball club <br />when the Dodgers leave. <br /> November 21, 2006 <br />16 <br /> <br />