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Home My WebLink About1986-102of 11 /10/86(1111)LEGAL(Brim) RESOLUTION NO. 86- 102 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING AND APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, PURSUANT TO SECTION 125.0104, FLORIDA STATUTES; INDICATING THE INTENTION OF THE COUNTY TO CONSIDER THE ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE LEVYING AND IMPOSING A TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX; ESTABLISHING THE DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED BY THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL; AND ESTABLISHING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH SAID COUNCIL IS TO PERFORM SUCH DUTIES. WHEREAS, Section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, the "Local Option Tourist Development Act" authorizes any County in this State to levy and impose a tourist development tax on the exercise within its boundaries of the taxable privilege of renting, leasing, or letting for consideration any living quarters or accommodations in any hotel, apartment hotel, motel, rooming house, mobile home park, recreational vehicle park, or condominium for a term of six (6) months or less; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County hereby indicates its intention to consider the enactment of an ordinance levying and imposing a one percent (1%) or two percent (2%) tourist development tax; and WHEREAS, Section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, requires that at least sixty (60) days prior to the enactment of an ordinance levying a tourist development tax, the governing Board of the County shall adopt a resolution establishing and appointing the members of a tourist development council; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. The foregoing recitals are affirmed and ratified in their entirety. I n 40 •® 2. There is hereby established and appointed a County "Tourist Development Council", consisting of the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County or another member of the Board of County Commissioners as designated by the Chairman; two (2) elected municipal officials, one (1) of whom shall be from the most populous municipality in the County; three (3) owners or operators of motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist accommodations within the County; and three (3) persons who are involved in the tourist industry and who have demonstrated an interest in tourist development, but who are not owners or operators of motels, hotels, recreational vehicle parks, or other tourist accommodations. 3. These specific persons who shall comprise the Indian River County Tourist Development Council shall be: 1, Gary C. Wheeler ------------------------- 2• George BunnellL Town of _Indian River Shores Councilman 3• Willi am Cochranel_C_ity_of Vero Beach Mayor 4, Terry Reyn olds, Representativeof the Dodger Conference Center ___3rganization 5. Sam Pascal, General Manager of Driftwood Inn and Resort --------------------- ---- 6. Paul Kelley, Owner of Aquarius Resort Motel ------------------------- 7 Richard C. Bireley, Jr., Retail business - President Beach -------------------------Association 8. Robert Gourley, Vice President F, General Manager of ITM Radio -------------------------Station g, John Morrison - Member of Beach Preservation and Restoration -------------------------Committee 4. The Council shall prepare and submit to the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County a plan for tourist development. The plan shall set forth the anticipated net tourist development tax revenue to be derived by the County for the twenty-four (24) months following the levy of the tax; the tax district in which th^ tourist development tax is proposed, if such district is other than the entire County; and a I i st, in the order of priority, of the proposed uses of the tax revenue by specific project or special use. The plan shall include the 2 40 of approximate cost or expense allocation for each specific project or special use. 5. The Tourist Development Council shall consider only the following specific purposes or special uses: a. to acquire, construct, extend, enlarge, remodel, repair, improve, maintain, operate, or promote one (1) or more publicly owned and operated convention centers, sports stadiums, sports arenas, coliseums, or auditoriums within the County. b. to promote and advertise tourism in the State of Florida and nationally and internationally. C. to fund convention bureaus, tourist bureaus, tourist information centers, and news bureaus as County agencies or by contract with the chambers of commerce or similar associations in the County. d. to finance beach improvement, maintenance, renourishment, restoration, and erosion control. 6. The plan for tourist development proposed by the Tourist Development Council shall be completed and submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for approval no later than January 16, 1987. 7. In all matters the Tourist Development Council shall be governed by compliance with Section 125 .0104, Florida Statutes, 1985, as amended by Chapter 86-11, Laws of Florida. The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner Eggert who moved its adoption. The --------------- Bowman motion was seconded by Commissioner and, upon ----- being put to a vote, the vote was as follows: .97 RESOLUTION NO. 86-102. Cha i rmaii Don C. Scurlock, J r . Ay(L___ Commissioner Carolyn K. Eggert Aye ____ Commissioner Richard N. Bird Aye ____ ® Commissioner Margaret C. Bowman Aye ____ Commissioner Gary C. Wheeler Ay(L.... The Chairman thereupon declared Resolution No. 86-- 102 duly passed and adopted this 18th day of 4 0 November 1986, . ATTEST: 'Fre a_ .., r Vt , r k--------- V��` APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY: \�A-- Rruce �arkett ------- -- Assistant County Attorney APPROVED AS TO ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS: Robert Reat ector Planning and Dev lopment APPROVED F'ORAG[ z,-% CONSENICGU A( I l UR(VEY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA By �c-r'o"-C-,/,'— �. bon- r. - -- 119