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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1966 The Board'of County Commissioners of Indian River County met in regular session at the Courthouse, Vero.Beach, Florida, on Wed- nesday, February 23, 1966, at 8:30 o'clock A. M. Present were Robert W. Graves, Chairman, D. B. McCullers, Vice Chairman and Donald Macdonald. Abseht were Dr. B. Q. Waddell, Jr., and Jerre J. Haffield. Also present were John H. Sutherland, County Attorney, Edwin S. S.chmucker, County Engineer, and Alfred H. Webber and Ruth Elliott, Deputy Clerks. A letter ofopinion has been received from the Attorney General regarding the reconveyance of the county -owned land to the West Wabasso Progressive Civic Club, Inc., which states that Section 125.38, Florida Statutes, authorizes such a sale to certain governmental agencies and non-profit corporations for the purpose of promoting community interest and welfare at a nominal or other consideration such as the Board may advise, and further that it appears that the West Wabasso Progressive Civic Club, Inc. is within the provisions of Section 125.38 and eligible as a. recipient of these lands if they be not needed for county purposes. and further that in determining the amount of consideration to be paid for these lands, it would seem proper for some recognition to be given to the expenditures made by the County improvements prior to conveyance. The County Engineer reported that fill had been placed on the property by the contractor of West Wabasso Road who was under contract to haul it and that the County had a bulldozer on the property for a while. Miss Mary Lou Durrance, representing the West Wabasso Progressive Civic Club suggested that the county accept:a lot on which to put a health building in the southwest corner of the property in re -payment for the fill that the County has put there. Motion was made by Commissioner Macdonald, seconded by Commissioner McCullers and carried that the County Engineer WU 9 PAGE 500 FEI231966