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DEG i i989 ROOK /8 PAGE 687 ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Com- missioner Eggert, the Board unanimously adopted Ordinance 89-35 amending Ordinance 83-21 by changing the name of the South Beach Recreation MSTU and pro- viding authority for the District to fund the recrea- tion path by special assessment. ORDINANCE NO. 89 - 35 Al'A ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RiVEt< COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 83-21 WHICH CREATED THE SOUTH BEACH RECREATION PATH MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING UNIT; PROVIDING A CHANGE OF NAME OF THE DISTRICT; PROVIDING AUTHORITY FOR THE DISTRICT TO FUND THE RECREATION PATH BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IN LIEU OF OR IN ADDITION TO TAXES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Indian River County created a Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) to fund the construction of a recreation path for the South Beach area; and WHEREAS, the path has not been built, in part because of the disparity in assessed values of certain properties would have certain people paying substantially more taxes towards the construction of the bike path than others; and WHEREAS, residents of the district feel that a special assessment based on a per -parcel assessment or similar other reasonable formula would be more fair than an ad valorem millage rate; and WHEREAS, this amendment will change the powers of the South Beach Recreation Path MSTU toone which would authorize funding by special assessment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by Indian River County, acting through its Board of County Commissioners, that: SECTION 1. CHANGE OF NAME OF DISTRICT Ordinance No. 83-21 shall be amended by replacing the phrase "South Beach Recreation Path Municipal Service Taxing Unit" wherever it is used in the ordinance with the phrase "South Beach Recreation Path Municipal Service Taxing or Benefit Unit." 46