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Chairman Lyons explained that after reviewing the Taxpayers <br />proposal, the Beach Preservation and Restoration Committee <br />felt that the time is premature to have a Beach Preservation <br />Authority, although they found merit in other statements in <br />the letter. <br />Carroll F. Palmer, Director of the Taxpayers <br />Association of Indian River County, Inc., explained that <br />their proposal stated their support for the use of a tourist <br />development tax to help fund the cost of beach erosion <br />control. <br />Chairman Lyons interjected that the County has gone to <br />the State Legislature and asked them for a local bill to do <br />that. <br />Mr. Palmer reported that they also brought the matter <br />before our Legislative Delegation in January, and he pointed <br />out that this is now a viable possibility for funding beach <br />erosion control. <br />Mr. Palmer noted that another point in their letter was <br />to ask that the Board consider setting themselves up as a <br />Beach Preservation Authority under Chapter 161, which seems <br />to have certain advantages in terms of taxing activities. <br />Mr. Palmer noted that whatever is done is certainly going to <br />cost money and some type of tax must be levied and he took <br />exception to the statement that this proposal is premature. <br />He believed that the Taxpayers' Association made a mistake <br />in asking the Board to put this before the Beach <br />Preservation and Restoration Committee, and that instead it <br />should have gone to the County Attorney for a written <br />opinion as to the feasibility of acting under Chapter 161 <br />and also to determine what other legal alternatives there <br />are under Chapter 125 particularly with respect to <br />financing. <br />Commissioner Scurlock understood that the Beach <br />Committee was charged with going forward and coming up with <br />27 <br />FEB2'7 1985 Boa 60 Frjr,E 27 <br />