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AUG 1 Bou 4 � u GF -7 5 981 THERE BEING ONLY TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONTINUED WITH OTHER COMMISSION BUSINESS, WHICH IS REPORTED IN THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR AUGUST 5TH MEETING, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC ADDITIONAL TIME TO ARRIVE. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 O'CLOCK P.M. THE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAT THE BOARD WOULD COMMENCE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CREATING THE GIFFORD AREA MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT AS ADVERTISED FOR 7:30 P.M., A GOODLY NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVING ARRIVED. ATTORNEY HOULIHAN STATED THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT WAS IN ORDER. THE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS EXPLAINED IN EXERPT FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS MEMO OF JULY 8TH AS FOLLOWS: The Administration has received verbal request from Mr. J. Blayne Jennings;, on behalf of the Gifford community, requesting the Board to call for a public hearing regarding the creation of a street lighting destrict for the Gifford area. Description and Conditions The boundaries of the proposed district would be roughly 49th Street on North, Kings Highway on the West, 40th Street and the Vero Beach City limits on the South, and a line East of U.S. Highway # 1 to the East. Mr. Jennings has received estimates on lighting requirements from Florida Power and Light Company and the City of Vero Beach, each of which serves a portion of the proposed district. The proposal from Florida Power & Light calls for a total of one hundred and three lights at an estimated annual cost of $5,617. The City of Vero Beach proposal calls for an additional two hundred and eighty-nine lights at an annual cost of approximately $32,612. The total three hundred and ninety-two lights proposed by the two electrical systems would have an annual cost of approximately $38,229• With estimated contingencies, appraisal and collection of fees, the Administration estimates a gross budget requirement of $44,452. with a net tax levy of $42,229. Based upon an estimated tax base within the district of $18,000,000., the millage requirement would be 2.35 mills. It should be noted the $18,000,000. tax base utilizes the $15,000. homestead exemption, and will change as the $20,000. homestead exemption is implemented in 1981, and the $25,000. exemp- tion is implemented in 1982. Additionally; final determination of the district boundaries will affect the district tax base to some extent. In the past, Indian River County „as.created street lighting districts using the municipal service taxing unit vehicle. In that manner payment for street lights is based upon a ad valorem tax levied against taxable property within the unit. As an alternative to that approach, the Board may wish to consider utilization of a front Toot assessment charge, on an annual basis for street lighting, under the special assessment ordinance which the Board will consider on August 5, 1981. ATTORNEY J. BLAYNE JENNINGS EXPLAINED TO THOSE PRESENT THAT BOTH FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAVE FRANCHISES IN GIFFORD AND WOULD SERVE A PORTION OF THE PROPOSED