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Presenter proposes $100‑per‑address fund for Cape Canaveral community programs; council asks for review
Summary
At the joint workshop a presenter proposed charging $100 per residential address to generate roughly $750,000 for community programming; council members raised procedural and equity questions and the city attorney and staff were asked to evaluate legal, administrative and budget implications before any action.
An outside presenter proposed an unconventional funding idea during a joint City Council and Culture & Leisure Services Board workshop: a $100 charge per residential address in Cape Canaveral to generate revenue for recreation programming and to subsidize the community center.
The presenter framed the proposal as a back‑of‑the‑envelope calculation: with roughly 7,500 addresses a $100 assessment would raise about $750,000 and could produce a multi‑hundred‑thousand dollar operating surplus after accounting for costs, enabling free or reduced‑fee…
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