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The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION, and by a 3 -2 <br /> vote (Commissioners Davis and Solari opposed) , the <br /> Board approved the proposed Mediation Settlement <br /> Agreement with City First Mortgage Corporation and <br /> National Title Insurance of New York, as recommended in <br /> the memorandum of March 2 , 2011 , <br /> AGREEMENT ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br /> 14 . COMMISSIONER ITEMS <br /> 14.A. COMMISSIONER BOB SOLARI. CHAIRMAN <br /> 14.A. 1. AMTRAK-FLORIDA EAST COAST RAIL CORRIDOR PROJECT <br /> Chairman Solari used quotes from the financial magazine Barron 's, from writer Robert <br /> Samuelson, and from the Financial Plan for the Florida East Coast (FEC) Corridor Amtrak <br /> Service High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) to substantiate his concerns about the <br /> proposed Amtrak-Florida East Coast (FEC) Rail Corridor Project, a Federal initiative that he <br /> averred would siphon tax dollars from the citizens . He was apprehensive about the lack of an <br /> investment- grade financial plan for funding and maintaining the project, as well as density <br /> changes that were being promoted near the train stations . He asked the Board to reverse <br /> Resolution 2009- 120 (approved on August 18 , 2009) , supporting inclusion of the Amtrak-FEC <br /> Corridor Project as part of the Federal Economic Stimulus package for the State of Florida, and <br /> to pass a new Resolution opposing the FEC Rail Corridor Project, <br /> Vice Chairman Wheeler expressed support for Commissioner Solari ' s proposal . <br /> March 8 , 2011 18 <br />