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Letters, from page 10 TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEYPUBLIC NOTICE

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEAUGUST 3, 2011 - 3:30 P.M.

TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY BEACH ERO-SION CONTROL DISTRICT A, a dependent district of the Town of Longboat Key, Florida and the TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY BEACH ERO-SION CONTROL DISTRICT B, a dependent dis-trict of the Town of Longboat Key, Florida

Plaintiffs,

vs.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA, and the Taxpay-ers, Property Owners and Citizens of the Town of Longboat Key Beach Erosion Control District A and the Town of Longboat Key Beach Ero-sion Control District B, each a dependent district of the Town of Longboat Key, Florida including nonresidents owning property or subject to taxa-tion therein, and all others having or claiming any right, title or interest in property to be affected by the issuance by Plaintiffs of the Bonds and Obliga-tions hereinbelow described, or to be in any way affected thereby,

Defendants.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORI-DA, IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY.

CASE NO. 2011 CA 003720 NC

DIVISION:

Re: Validation of not exceeding $16,000,000 General Obligation Bonds of Longboat Key Beach Erosion Control District A and related Obligations pledging the full faith, credit and taxing power of Longboat Key Beach Erosion Control District B

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEWHY BONDS SHOULD NOT BE VALIDATED AND CONFIRMED

TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THROUGH THE STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF SAID STATE, THE SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS, TAXPAY-ERS AND CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY BEACH EROSION CONTROL DISTRICT A AND THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY BEACH EROSION CONTROL DIS-TRICT B, EACH A DEPENDENT DISTRICT OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLOR-IDA, INCLUDING NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, AND ALL OTHERS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTER-EST IN PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE ISSUANCE BY PLAINTIFFS, OF BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS HEREINAFTER MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED, OR TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY THEREBY:

Plaintiffs having filed their Complaint, for validation of not to exceed $16,000,000.00 principal amount of General Obligation Bonds of Longboat Key Beach Erosion Control District A and related Obligations pledging the full faith, credit and taxing power of Longboat Key Beach Erosion Control District B (the “Bonds”), and it appearing in and from said Complaint, and the Exhibits attached thereto, that the Plaintiffs have adopted the requisite Resolutions authorizing the issuance of the Bonds, and it also appearing that all of the facts required to be stated by said Complaint and Exhibits, by Chapter 75 of the Florida Statutes are contained therein, and that the Plaintiffs pray that this Court issue an order as directed by said Chapter 75, and the Court being fully advised in the premises:

NOW, THEREFORE,

IT IS ORDERED that you and each of you are hereby required to appear on the 3 day of August , 2011, at 3:30 o’clock P.M., before the Circuit Court of Sarasota County, Florida, at the Judge Lynn N. Silvertooth Judicial Center, 2002 Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, Florida 34237, and show cause why the prayer of the Complaint filed in the above entitled proceeding should not be granted and the bonds and obligations therein described, and the proceedings authorizing the issuance thereof, validated. The bonds consist of not exceeding $16,000,000 General Obligation Bonds of Plaintiff District A authorized pursuant to Resolution No. 2011-12 of Plaintiff District A duly adopted on April 4, 2011. The Obligations consist of the obligation of Plaintiff District B to levy and collect ad valorem taxes annually in District B to partially pay the annual principal and interest due on the Bonds of District A; provided, that the annual millage rate to be levied upon the taxable property in District B shall always be equal to 20% of the sum of the annual millage levied in District A and the annual millage levied in District B. A more particular description of the bonds and the Obligations is contained in the Complaint filed in these proceedings.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that prior to the date set for the hearing on said Complaint for validation, this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the manner required by Section 75.06, Florida Statutes, in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation in that portion of Plaintiff Districts A and B lying in Sarasota County, Florida and in the Bradenton Herald, a newspaper of general circulation in that portion of Plaintiff Districts A and B lying in Manatee County, Florida.

DONE AND ORDERED at Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, this 13 day of May , 2011.

{Andew D. Owens, Jr.} __________________ Circuit Judge, Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Sarasota County

I HEREBY CERTIFY that copies have been furnished by hand delivery or U.S. Mail on May 13 , 2011 , to the following:

Andrew H. Cohen, Esq. Hankin, Persson, Davis, McClenathen & Darnell 1820 Ringling Blvd. Sarasota, Florida 34236-5917

Daniel U. Livermore, Jr., Esq. Livermore & Freeman, P.A. 320 North First Street, Suite 603 Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250

Eduardo A. Brodsky, Esq. Office of the State Attorney Twelfth Judicial Circuit 2071 Ringling Blvd., Suite 400 Sarasota, Florida 34237 Attorney for Defendants

heard of the recommendation to decrease or eliminate funding for the 2011-2012 LLSA Chamber membership. As you con-sider ways to balance the multi-million dollar town budget, the elimination of a $10,000 membership expense may seem trivial, but in fact, town support and fund-ing is absolutely critical to the viability of the chamber and the economic future of Longboat Key.

I believe the chamber board, its mem-bers, the Longboat Key commissioners, and town staff share the same vision — we are all committed to protecting property values as well as the health of our local businesses. Throughout the year, the LLSA Chamber works diligently to raise awareness of our island, maintain a base of visitors who drive our economic engines, and encourage residents to sup-port our businesses — businesses that are critical to the health of our fragile island economy. Before you consider cut-ting chamber funding, please know your decision will have a far-reaching impact.

Please accept my apologies for being unable to attend tomorrow’s meeting, but know how much I appreciate your con-sideration of this important issue and all of your hard work and dedication.

David A. Miller, chairmanLLSA Chamber of Commerce

To: Town CommissionLadies and Gentlemen, regarding the

proposed budget cut impacting the Longboat Key Chamber, we urge you to remember that the chamber operates on a “wing and a prayer” budget. However, they get a big bang for the buck in ener-gizing our business community and in communicating to outside markets the benefits of Longboat Key. Given our con-tinuing struggle with erosion of property values and our small business challenges, we should continue to support thus important business and Longboat Key marketing organization that supports tax revenues. Thank you for your consider-ation and service to our community.

Bob and Shannon Gault Longboat Key

Cedars snack bar To: Commissioner Patricia ZunzAs we discussed yesterday, please find

attached the memorandum prepared by Steve Schield, as well as all of the support documents related to the approvals and regulations governing the snack bar at the Cedars East Tennis Club, which is an accessory use.

By way of this e-mail, I am copying the town manager and town clerk to ensure that this gets distributed to all of the commissioners, as I know there is shared interest. Additionally, I am copying Ben Bailey as the Code Enforcement officer

who will be investigating the use of the pool cabana structure and possible ser-vice that may be provided to the tables outside of the approved snack bar area. Thank you for your time and concern.

Director Monica SimpsonPlanning, Zoning & Building Dept.

To: Director Planning, Building and Zoning Monica Simpson

Heidi and I made a trip to Cedars East to investigate the use of the cabana and possible service to outdoor tables. We found that the bar and grill is serving to outdoor tables under the awnings on the east side as well as the pool cabana. A case was generated CE.09236 and Heidi has created a folder.

Code Enforcement Officer Ben BaileyLongboat Key

Millage rateTo: Ray RajewskiI do understand that concept. Last year

we did raise the millage when property assessments were down; however, we added police positions and put aside more money for our pension deficits.

I, as a commissioner, am not cutting services. I am asking our town manager to lead and be creative in probably one of the most challenging times in the his-tory of our town. We should not take the easy way out and just raise the millage for our citizens. All services and expenses should be reviewed by our town man-ager to see if some of these are truly essential or even necessary. Our citizens may then decide and speak, as you did, to protect any service they feel should not be reduced.

If your income was reduced, I believe that you would go through a similar process to analyze your expenses. You just can’t call the social security admin-istration or your former employer and tell them to send you more money. And unlike the federal government, we just can’t print more money.

I understand the shortage is thankfully small but we need to be responsible with our citizens’ dollars just as we are with our own.

Commissioner Lynn LarsonLongboat Key

To: Commissioner Lynn LarsonThanks for your note.I’m not sure I understand your analogy.

If my income were to go down, I would have the opportunity to supplement my income from other sources. You have the same opportunity with the millage rate. Reviewing budgets and analyzing expenses is a good exercise, but in the end because assessed values are down, increasing the millage rate proportionally does not increase taxes.

Ray RajewskiLongboat Key

swain’s pipe. Tradition lives on.Thursday morning we’re all up and

ready for a fine breakfast. Today we are treated to demonstration flights, which we all view from the flight deck. This deck is 4.5 acres in size, so there is room to stand almost next to the catapults, which seem to hurl these planes into the air, and the deck runway where planes are recovered (land). Each of these activi-ties is incredibly noisy. Seeing the skill of the flight deck personnel reminds one of a well practiced ballet — which of course it is. The responsibilities of the young, that word again, pilots is literally awesome. We are treated a supersonic flyby of F18 Hornets, aerial acrobatics, tactical maneuvers, helicopter flying, all flight deck operations. We all ride up and down from the hanger deck on the huge elevators.

As I write this in an office below, the noise of the remaining aircraft flying off

the ship is deafening.All the remaining aircraft are leaving the

ship this afternoon to return to their own shore bases. Aircraft squadron personnel and their gear will be craned off the ship pier-side in Norfolk. Aircraft squadrons that made this deployment with this ship are from Oceana, Va., Beaufort, S.C., and Whidbey Island, Wash. They are both USN and USMC squadrons.

We got to see some of the less traveled spaces on this great ship, like supply storage and issue rooms, chill and freeze boxes far below. The young men and women assigned everywhere on board are great. We could not ask for better rep-resentatives of our great maritime nation at war, as we are.

Think of them as you sleep easy tonight. They and their mates are working for us.

Tonight we continue our tours. Tomorrow we arrive in Norfolk.

More next week.-Peter O’Connor, USN (Ret.)

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