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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final February 15, 2022 attending a public hearing. The Chairman opened the Public Hearing. Lonnie Ingram, a representative for the road paving at Oslo Park, came forward and indicated the street paving at Oslo Park area was much needed and spoke on how much safer the community was since the MSBU for the Oslo Park street lighting. There were no additional speakers; the Chairman closed the Public Hearing. A motion was made by Commissioner Flescher, seconded by Chairman O'Bryan, to approve: 1) the draft Resolution electing to use the uniform method for the levy, collection, and enforcement of non -ad valorem assessments pursuant to Florida Statute 197.3632 to recover the costs of street paving in the Oslo Park area; and 2) the draft agreement with the Tax Collector and the Property Appraiser. Under discussion, County Attorney Reingold, in response to a question posed by Commissioner Moss, stated that the County was required to send a certified letter to the homeowners with the purpose of the assessment, total amount of the levy for each assessment, and how the County would apply the assessment. He also mentioned the motion included the execution of the agreement with the Tax Collector and the Property Appraiser. Commissioner Adams felt there needed to be specifics communicated to the residents in the Oslo Park area, such as how much was being assessed. County Administrator Brown suggested bringing back more defined options at the next hearing. Commissioner Adams wanted to make sure the lower income households were part of the conversations when the Board made a decision on the assessments. She also asked that the assessment options were communicated to the public in a clear and concise manner to avoid any misunderstanding, and agreed that there should be an outreach to the community beyond sending a certified letter. Chairman O'Bryan stated that he planned to schedule an evening meeting at the Intergenerational Recreation Center to specifically discuss the Oslo Park Paving after the certified letters had gone out to the residents. County Attorney Reingold referred to the remarks made by County Administrator Brown in terms of the options, and suggested including the assessment rate that would get the road paving done the quickest in the notice. County Administrator Brown agreed with starting the communication with the community before it was required in the process in order to receive more feedback early on in the process. Indian River County Florida Page 9