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