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I SEP 111991 BOOK Director Davis pointed out that is an ever changing situation, and there are so many parameters that get mixed up in it (zoning codes, water and sewer, etc.) that you would have to hire more people to orchestrate such a program. Administrator Chandler further pointed out that the method- ology we applied in the formula in Roseland is the same we have applied in all of the other street lighting districts; it is on the same basis as all the others. Attorney Vitunac asked if Mr. Mensing wants to subdivide his property some day into more units than one, isn't that his choice, and Director Davis was sure that he can utilize his property in accordance with the County Comprehensive Land Use Plan and regulations just as any other citizen can. Mr. Mensing agreed that the benefit received by the District is the benefit of having a safe corridor to drive on. He does not dispute that benefit, but he does dispute the fact that his family (with one home on 5 acres) pays 5 times what the majority pay when they basically are going to have the same number of trip ends. He continued to argue about splitting deeds, subdividing, the cost of challenging this in court, etc., and felt that the County needs to look at the law about who benefits and the fact that the one who lives on 5 acres gets no more benefit. They, in fact, get less benefit than those who live on Roseland Road, and there is no more benefit than that received by someone with only one lot. Chairman Bird believed there is one benefit, and that is that similar to Vero Lake Estates MSTU, any improvement that makes this a better community will have a direct benefit to all property owners within the district, and someday they will reap the benefits from the increased property values that result. Mr. Mensing did not see how, in view of the current economy, the Board can justify anything being done that would result in increasing property values because that just runs taxes up, and that is what the people are here talking against. Attorney Vitunac commented that a street lighting district is just the reverse of a drainage district - water flows off the drainage district, and light flows on the street lighting district. Mr. Mensing obviously does not get as many lumens on his property as someone on Roseland Road, but he does get the same benefit from driving on Roseland Road. If he had a 5 acre parcel that could never be built on but for one unit, then he has a point, but Attorney Vitunac believed the Zoning Code gives him the power to subdivide in some way; so, the key to getting more benefits is in his own pocket. 50