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THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. .JOHN CALMES, REPRESENTING VISTA PROPERTIES, INC. APPEARED ALONG WITH G. KENDALL SHARP, ATTORNEY AND STEVE LEDERER BOTH REPRESENTING ECOLOGICAL UTILITIES, INC. THE PRIMARY QUESTION THAT AROSE WAS "DOES THE COUNTY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ISSUE A FRANCHISE WITHIN.THE AREA OF.ANOTHER FRANCHISE.. MR. SHARP STATED THAT ECOLOGICAL UTILITIES DOES HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE WITH THE COUNTY AND IF VISTA PROPERTIES, INC. IS GRANTED A FRANCHISE IT WOULD BE A "BREACH OF CONTRACT". THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE BEST SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR ECOLOGICAL UTILITIES, INC. AND VISTA PROPERTIES, INC. TO GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTINUATION OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 9, 1973. JAMES THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY RECREATION COMMISSION APPEARED REQUESTING THE BOARDS FEELINGS•REGARDING A JOINT CITY - COUNTY RECREATION DEPARTMENT. COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED HIS FEELINGS ARE, WE ARE GETTING AWAY FROM THE INTENT OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS OUT OF OUR FIELD". COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FEEL IT IS THE JO& OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE THESE FACILITIES. THE COUNTY SHOULD BE INVOLVED. THIS PROGRAM WOULD HAVE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN STATED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS APPROACHED US IN THE PAST REGARDING FUNDS FOR A JOINT RECREATION PROGRAM, BUT WE WOULD HAOE.NO CONTROL AS TO HOW THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT. IT THIS OBJECTION COULD BE ELIMINATED, MAYBE THIS PROGRAM COULD BE WORKED OUT. MR, THOMPSON STATED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH COUNCIL- MEN AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WOULD HAVE JOINT CONTROL. _lp_ �r►N V .14-1f 10 APR 18 1973 J