7/15/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

r J� U L 15 1981 O BOOK gs_ �t� Cpnr - t�S ATTORNEY J. BLAYNE JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WAS A BIT EXTRAVAGANT FOR A BEGINNING, AND WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO IS GET TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PROPOSAL COULD POSSIBLY BE CUT IN HALF TO MAKE IT MORE COMPATIBLE; THEY ARE JUST ASKING THE COMMISSION TO AUTHORIZE THIS MATTER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING - THEY WANT TO START SLOW AND NOT BE OVERCOSTED. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS -WITH CITY MANAGER JnHN LITTLE, WHO AGREED THE CITY'S PROPOSAL COULD BE CUT DOWN CONSIDERABLY. COMMISSIONER BIRD ASKED IF THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT COULD BE SET UP WITH A MILLAGE CAP, AND THEY THEN COULD WORK UNDER THAT CAP AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE MAXIMUM. CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT THE AREA WOULD NOT BE SCALED DOWN, JUST THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS PROPOSED. HE CONTINUED THAT ATTORNEY JENNINGS NOW IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $24,000 YEARLY COST, WHICH HE BELIEVED COULD WORK OUT TO SOMETHING A LITTLE OVER A MILL FOR THAT DISTRICT. HE ASKED IF THIS MIGHT CAUSE A PROBLEM AS FAR AS ACCEPTANCE OF THE DISTRICT IS CONCERNED. ATTORNEY JENNINGS DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WOULD, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD WORK WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND COME UP WITH SOME TENTATIVE FIGURES TO GIVE THE PEOPLE SOME IDEA OF THE COST. COMMISSIONER BIRD QUESTIONED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT, NOTING THAT n LINE EAST OF U. S. HIGHWAY 1 TO THE EAST" WAS RATHER VAGUE. ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED PROPERTY APPRAISER NOLTE ABOUT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, AND MR. NOLTE READ THE FOLLOWING LIST OF BUSINESSES WHICH WOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT, INCLUDING THOSE ON THE EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1: QUALITY FRUIT PACKERS OF INDIAN RIVER FISHER BEVERAGES STURGIS LUMBER GOLDEN SKILLET GAS MART PSR. MILLER'S RIVERFRONT GROVES LEROY SMITH SONS BLUE GOOSE INDIAN RIVER PACKING FRUIT HAFFIELD CITRUS