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ON MOTION by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by Commissioner Wodtke, the Board unanimously closed the Public Hearing. Mayor Gregg asked Attorney Brandenburg to address our ability to establish a taxing district so that there is surety that the general taxpayer will not be saddled with the share of the cost that is designated to the abutting private property owner. Attorney Brandenburg advised that the County has the authority to set up a special district under Chapter 125, which is a separate and distinct source of authority from that of Chapter 161. He pointed out that Chapter 161 was adopted in 1965 and is out of date. When the State Constitution was revised in 1968, it requires a referendum for the establishment of any special district, and the counties can only set up districts now that include lands that are in both the unincorporated area of the county and the municipal area. In other words, there would have to be lands in the unincorporated area and municipal area along the beach front that were to be put in this special district in which the County, as the governing board of that district, could then levy a tax to raise monies for the purposes of beach renourishment. He assured Mayor Gregg that we have the legal ability to establish the taxing district, but whether it will be done is up to the County Commission. Mayor Gregg understood then that the County will have to draft the assurance to the Corps project. Attorney Brandenburg advised that the one catch to that is that the City has to adopt an ordinance setting up the special district along with the County. Therefore, he felt that the responsibility for the establishment of that special district is going to be jointly shared by the City Council and the County Commission. He assured Mayor Gregg that the people to be taxed 66 DEC 19 1984 BUOY F,3+� I � I