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<br />TIF increase each year. He proposed a $50,000,000 bond issue for roads be put on the ballot for <br />the voters to decide. <br />th <br />Allen Green <br />, 8030 98 Avenue, advised that he builds homes from 1,000 to 2,200 <br />square feet, ranging from $80,000 to $100,000 plus the cost of the lot. The majority of the homes <br />he builds are for people who are relocating from within the county; this TIF would unfairly burden <br />them. If the Board does decide to go forward with this proposal, he suggested they agree to a <br />3-month implementation. He thought a gas tax would be fairer. <br />Rosie BoylanWilliam J. Mallon, <br />, 3712 Mockingbird Drive, read a letter from <br />MD <br />, into the record opposing the proposed increase in impact fees because “it will create an <br />artificial moratorium on new medical office space” and “will also unfairly elevate an already <br />inflated rental market in Vero Beach.” (A copy of this letter is on file with the backup for the <br />meeting in the Office of the Clerk to the Board.) <br />Helene Caseltine <br />, Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, said the major <br />concerns are workforce housing, and start up business/mall business. The middle income <br />population is their concern. She urged them to limit the amounts of impact fees and have a <br />12-month review. <br />Joseph Paladin <br />, with a business office at 730 Commerce Drive, believed the <br />County needs to take into consideration the little guy and have the ability to adjust the impact fees <br />for a first time home-buyer, those on limited income, or the elderly. In his comment on the <br />industrial-park-mystery-business, he recommended use of conscience on how funds are spent. He <br />thought the people who are making money off our county are those who flip property to make a <br />profit and there is no impact fee for them. The cost of that profit ultimately gets passed on to the <br />buyer of the house. He suggested those who are flipping property pay for the impact. <br />Brian Heady, <br /> Vero Beach, considered that impact fees must be a new source of <br />income for government, the bottom line, it is a new tax on all of us. <br />Frank Coffey <br />, 1200 Admirals’ Walk, believed there is a need to increase impact <br />fees to a reasonable amount. He supported the Chamber of Commerce’s suggestion and urged the <br />Board not to act on this until they have all the information. <br />May 11, 2004 13 <br /> <br />