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4. ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA/EMERGENCY <br />ITEMS <br />Chairman Lowther requested the following changes to today’s Agenda: <br /> <br />Add: Item 9.B.1. Forest Smith’s request to discuss Comcast’s Service to <br />viewers <br />Additional Backup: Item 9.A.2. Letter from Roseland Residents <br />Add: Item 10.A. Emergency Legislative Bill extending the discount <br />period to pay ad valorem taxes <br /> <br />5.A. RESOLUTION 2005-215 - PRESENTATION BY ROBERT C. <br />ADAIR, JR. CHAIRMAN OF THE AGRICULTURE <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ON CITRUS CANKER AND <br />GREENING DISEASE AND THEIR IMPACT ON INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY <br /> <br />Robert C. Adair <br />, Chairman of the Agriculture Advisory Committee, through a <br />PowerPoint presentation (copy on file) discussed the citrus canker and greening disease and their <br />impact in Indian River County. He discussed the effects of the disease, the legal regulations and <br />the impacts of the eradication measures. There are 47,539 acres of citrus land in Indian River <br />County, and 27 acres of which were diseased and had to be burned. Three percent (3%) of Indian <br />River County has so far been impacted, but that is likely to change. He discussed the following <br />possibilities for the Board to consider: <br />1. Tax based incentives to keep agriculture viable in light of all the benefits that <br />agriculture lands provide. <br />2. Seek other agencies that offer cost-share funding to help growers shift from <br />agriculture to alternative ideas. <br /> <br />December 13, 2005 2 <br /> <br />