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Committee opens discussion on neighborhood special taxing districts for enhanced security; town halls planned
Summary
The committee heard neighborhood requests to explore special taxing districts for security services and guard gates in Bayshore, North Bay Road and Venetian Islands and set a follow-up town hall; commissioners emphasized technology options and warned about traffic impacts from gated districts.
The Finance and Economic Resiliency Committee held an extended discussion on May 7 about preliminary neighborhood efforts to form special taxing districts to fund enhanced security services in Bayshore, North Bay Road and the Venetian Islands. The committee did not authorize changes to city code or levy assessments but directed staff to hold public town halls and return with more details.
City staff reported that residents in portions of Middle North Bay Road had submitted a letter of intent and a resident survey showing at least 10 percent initial support — the first procedural step toward a petition package. The committee’s discussion focused on two distinct kinds of…
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