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sources for capacity -producing -improvements in any of the facilities. For example, on the <br />traffic impact fees we give credit for local option sales tax that is used for roadway building <br />capacity improvements. He specified that impact fees are very complex and detailed and <br />we would need experts from different fields, including economists and lawyers. He <br />suggested that staff could come back with a request for proposal for them to look at. <br />Acting Administrator Baird addressed Commissioner Neuberger=s question about <br />the additional charges made by other counties for education/school explaining that the <br />School Board is in the process of evaluating theirs now and would have to request the <br />County to add additional impact fees. <br />Commissioner Lowther thought Martin County seemed to be most like us with <br />respect to population. <br />Director Keating pointed out that MPO has a consultant now working on the traffic <br />impact fees. He hoped that would be completed the first of the year. <br />Chairman Macht thought that Indian River County might be the lowest taxed county <br />in the state, and Acting Administrator Baird responded that our general fund millage is the <br />2nd or 31d lowest in the state. We are among the lowest of the top 10 in the state including <br />our special districts in terms of overall taxes. If you factor out our Emergency Services <br />District, he thought we are among the lowest 5 counties in the state. <br />Speculations followed on future ad valorem taxes. <br />By CONSENSUS staff was directed Ato bring something back@ (an RFP for a <br />consultant) for the Board=s consideration. <br />11.C.1. CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH FOR <br />PURCHASE FOR THE CITY -OWNED PROPERTY AT THE <br />December 2, 2003 <br />31 <br />