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ON MOTION BY COMMISISONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN <br />ON AN ADDENDUM TO THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY, THE CITY <br />OF VERO BEACH AND THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT ADOPTED BY <br />THE BOARD ON JANUARY 29, 1975. <br />AT THE MARCH 19, 1975 MEETING, IT WAS THE DECISION OF THE BOARD, <br />THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY CONTACT AN APPRAISER TO ADVISE THEM OF THE APPROX— <br />IMATE COST OF AN APPRAISAL OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY PACKAGE OF MCKEE JUNGLE <br />GARDENS, BUT TO SEPARATE THE PROPERTY THAT IS NOT CONTIGUOUS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT A LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO PHILLIP <br />HOUCK AN M.A.I. APPRAISER REGARDING HIS COST TO PREPARE AN APPRAISAL <br />OF MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS AND HE STATED THAT HE COULD NOT GIVE AN EXACT <br />PRICE, BUT WOULD QUOTE AN ESTIMATED PRICE -OF $2,500.00. <br />PAUL GOODRIDGE AND DALE PATCHETT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR <br />THE PRESERVATION OF MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS APPEARED AND STATED THAT THEY HAD <br />ANTICIPATED THE COST OF AN APPRAISAL TO BE IN THAT PRICE RANGE. <br />MR. GOODRIDGE STATED THAT IN CONVERSATION WITH MR. LATTA, ONE <br />OF THE OWNERS OF MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS, HE STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED <br />A BONA FIDE OFFER OF $1,000,000 AND HE ALSO STATED THAT WHETHER OR NOT <br />THE COUNTY HAS ANOTHER APPRAISAL, THE PRICE WILL STILL BE $1,000,000. <br />MR. GOODRIDGE ALSO ASKED MR. LATTA IF HE WOULD GIVE THE COUNTY AN OPTION <br />AND HE STATED THAT HE IS INTERESTED IN SEEING THE GARDENS PRESERVED FOR THE <br />PUBLIC, BUT HE WOULD NOT GIVE AN OPTION UNLESS THERE IS A COMMITMENT 'FROM <br />THE COUNTY AND THEN HE WOULD CONSIDER GIVING AN OPTION FOR A REASONABLE <br />LENGTH OF TIME. <br />MR. THOMAS STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF AN APPRAISAL IS TO <br />DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE SELLING PRICE AND THE APPRAISAL ARE CLOSE <br />ENOUGH TO GO TO A REFERENDUM. HE SUGGESTED IF YOU DO GO TO A REFERENDUM <br />THE VOTERS SHOULD BE GIVEN A CHOICE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT BEACHFRONT <br />PROPERTY OR MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS. MR. THOMAS STATED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, <br />THIS PROPERTY IS OVERPRICED FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECREATION. <br />A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COM— <br />MISSIONER MASSEY, TO AUTHORIZE AN APPRAISAL OF MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS BY <br />PHILLIP HOUCK, M.A.I. APPRAISER AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $2,500,00. <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED THAT HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF AN <br />APPRAISAL. <br />ck <br />APR 91975 <br />MR. GOODRIDGE STATED THAT THE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE <br />-311- <br />e <br />