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In <br />AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION A MOTION WAS MADE BY <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED <br />THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR BE AUTHORIZED TO REPLY TO MAYOR FLETCHER'S <br />LETTER DATED AUGUST 15, 1973, STATING THAT THIS BOARD REAFFIRMS <br />THEIR PREVIOUS COMMITMENT OF $200,000.00 TOWARDS THE PURCHASE <br />OF LOTS 1,23 AND 4 BLOCK I, PELICAN COVE SUBDIVISION II, WITH <br />THE UNDERSTANDING.THAT THE TITLE OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE IN JOINT <br />OWNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. EACH PARTY WILL <br />OWN AN UNDIVIDED 1/2 INTEREST AS TENANTS-IN-COMMON. THIS <br />COMMITMENT TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL NOVEMBER 1, 1973. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR WAS ADVISED TO INCLUDE IN THE <br />i <br />LETTER TO MAYOR FLETCHER THAT IF THIS PROPERTY CANNOT BE <br />NEGOTIATED, THAT THE CITY BE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE <br />COUNTY IN SEEKING OTHER BEACHFRONT PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER-.SIEBERT, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS, THE BOARD <br />UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED DISCUSSING THE LETTER RECEIVED TODAY FROM <br />HEPBURN WALKER, .JR.BECAUSE IT STATES AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. <br />THE BOARD DISCUSSED THE LETTER RECEIVED FROM <br />MR. WALKER REGARDING THE ST. CHRISTOPHER BEACH AREA OBTAINING <br />t <br />A WATER LINE FROM E MOORINGS UNDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH AND INDIAN RIVER.000NTY. MR. WALKER STATES <br />HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS NO INTENTION <br />OF ABIDING WITH THE AGREEMENT. ST. CHRISTOPHER BEACH IS <br />SITUATED .2 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE MOORINGS AND THE WATER IN THAT <br />AREA IS NOT FIT TO DRINK BECAUSE,OF THE HIGH SALT CONTENT, <br />THE BOARD INFORMED MR. WALKER THAT THERE IS NOTHING <br />THIS BOARD CAN DO AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE IS A MEETING SCHEDULED <br />FOR SEPTEMBER 7, 1973 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL <br />PROTECTION AGENCY, THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />AND THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES TO DISCUSS AN E.P.A. GRANT <br />OF 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, WHICH IS CONTINGENT <br />ON THE CITY OF VERO BEACH SERVING PORTIONS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />AND THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, <br />- 54 - <br />iii '17 PA4401 x: <br />AtIG 2 21973 <br />