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Earl F. Bacon, owner of property in Vero Highlands <br />since 1959, noted thata taxing district has come up several <br />times and asked if it was possible for them to be taxed for <br />additional purposes other than street lighting. <br />Attorney Brandenburg advised that this MSTU was for the <br />specific purpose of providing street lighting. The <br />ordinance would have to be amended in order to add other <br />item and that would require another public hearing before <br />this commission. <br />Mr. Bacon recalled that seven years ago, he took a pool <br />of the 200 residents in Section I of Vero Highlands, and <br />there was overwhelming opposition to a street lighting <br />taxing district. <br />Chairman Scurlock read aloud the results of polls <br />conducted in the spring of 1983 and 1984: <br />JUNE 16, 1983 <br />750 Ballots mailed (POA lots only) <br />408 yes (less 550 GDC lots) <br />79 no <br />MAY 11, 1984 <br />1233 Ballots mailed (POA lots and non POA lots) <br />385 yes (less 550 GDC lots) <br />151 no <br />TOTAL LOTS IN VERO BEACH HIGHLANDS 1800 <br />Althea Smulbach, 509 21st Road, S.W., remembered that <br />when Mr. Bacon came around with his poll, he spoke against <br />the taxing district. She recalled that when her husband had <br />a heart attack, the EMS unit could not find their home in <br />the dark and a neighbor had to go out and flag them down. <br />She thought that everyone wanted their streets lit. <br />39 <br />OCT 10 1984 BOOK 58 FArx.596 <br />