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M1� BOOK 8 1 Chairman Bird believed that part of the thinking is that at the $15 level we are barely treading water and, in fact, almost sliding backwards in making the improvements that are needed. He noted that to him this MSTU is like a community. He likened it to the people in the City of Vero Beach paying taxes for putting in the Twin Pairs project whether or not they live anywhere near it. He felt the point is that you have a community and even if not everyone sees the benefits of these particular improvements immediately, hopefully future improvements will be made in the community that will benefit another part of it more directly. This is a communitywide assessment area, and he would hope over a period of time, the assessments and the benefits will equal out. Commissioner Wheeler believed that the direct benefit is for the drainage for the community, and paved roads are part of that, and Director Davis confirmed that there will be a direct benefit to that whole watershed area from the drainage improvements. John Coppola, 7950 93rd Ave., spoke on behalf of himself and all those in favor of the proposed paving. He wished to thank the County Commissioners for their time and effort in thinking about what his group proposed and for trying to better their community. Mrs. Melanie Manning, Vero Lake Estates resident, wished to point out to those opposed that the MSTU began in 1982, and we are only going to get a raise in the assessment in 1992. In that 10 years, we have only put in 1 mile of paved road; so, we are looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars that have gone to better this community in the drainage area. She felt it is time that we start putting some of those dollars into helping the drainage program with some paved roads. Stan Fronczek, 8365 95th Court, sympathized with the people in Pine Lake Estates, but noted that although he never will see paved roads in front of his house in his time, he worked hard to try to get these roads paved to benefit the majority of the people. He expressed the hope that 101st Avenue is going to be paved very shortly. The Chairman determined that no one else wished to be heard, and he thereupon closed the public hearing. ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Com- missioner Eggert, the Board unanimously adopted Resolution 91-118 establishing an assessment rate for Vero Lake Estates Municipal Service Taxing Unit of $50.00 per parcel/acre for fiscal year 1991/92. 38