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I Page 1 of 3 Statement Statement of George D. F. Lamborn, President, The South Beach Property Owners Association, Inc. to the Board of County Commissioners, Indian River County, April 12, 2016. Mr. Chairman, members of the Board of County Commissioners, I am George Lamborn, the President of The South Beach Property Owners Association. SBPOA was formed almost twenty-five years ago to safeguard the interests of the 2,618 property owners and 3,280 voters of the South Barrier island, unincorporated Indian River County, whose property is collectively worth by conservative estimate some $1.4 billion. Now, when proposing the formation of the Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee, Commissioner Solari stated: The reason 1 wanted a Short Term Rental Committee is because I wanted a dialogue. 1 wanted citizens in the Community to get together over a period of time and flesh out the issues. 1 want to have a search for Truth, whatever that Truth is. But We're not going to get it with a Pro -Team and an Anti -Team and see who wins the game. What we need to do is to have a community conversation. The organization I represent is the "Community" part of that "Community Conversation." Like your Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee, the Board members of the SBPOA are volunteers, but in our case, we have no professional or financial interest in the recommendations we make. We donated our personal time to study the issues, follow the proceedings of the Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee, and reasonably expected to be able to exercise our First - Amendment right to speak freely to the issues in a public hearing. Now that this Committee business is, mercifully, concluded, we would very much like the Board of County Commissioners to hear --and listen --to what we have to say. The Truth is that The South Beach Property Owners Association, the Indian River Neighborhood Association, and the North Beach Civic Association represent the interests of the 99% of property owners who own their properties for no other reason than the quiet enjoyment of a residence, and whose quality of life, and property value, is at risk from commercialization of neighborhoods. And the Plain Truth is your hand-picked Short Term Vacation Rental Advisory Committee was dominated by short term rental operators and advocates for anti -regulation. It was a "Pro- Team"—if ever there was one --for the 1% of residential property owners with an interest in commercializing our residential neighborhoods. i South Beach Property Owners Association, Inc. • P. O. Box 643093 • Vero Beach, FL 32964 113A- 1