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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1975 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT THE COURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1975 AT 8:30 O'CLOCK A.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE LOY, CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., VICE CHAIRMAN; EDWARD J. MASSEY; EDWIN S. SCHMUCKER. WILLIAM C. WODTKE, JR. WAS ON VACATION. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; L.S. "TOMMY" THOMAS, COUNTY COORDINATOR; ELIZABETH FORLANI AND JACK HOCKMAN, DEPUTY CLERKS. PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS ABSENT DUE TO ILLNESS AND RALPH L. EVANS, ATTORNEY, SAT IN FOR HIM. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. COMMISSIONER MASSEY LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND REVEREND 0. R. FOSTER FROM THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE THE INVO- CATION. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 9, 1975. IT WAS STATED THAT DUE TO ILLNESS, ATTORNEY BURCH WAS NOT ABLE TO PREPARE RESOLUTION No. 75-42, AS STATED ON PAGE 40, PARAGRAPH 7, AND THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES WHEN IT IS COMPLETED. THIS"CORRECTION HAVING BEEN MADE, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER,-THE-BOARD UNANIMOUSLY + If APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 9, 1975, AS WRITTEN. THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE AND COMMISSIONER MASSEY INSPECTED COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS AMBERSAND BEACH, WEST OF STATE ROAD A1A AS INSTRUCTED BY THE BOARD AT THEIR MEETING OF JULY 9, 1975, MR, JENNINGS CONTINUED THAT THE COUNTY CLEANING CREW HAD CLEANED THE -AREA AND IT WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION . TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY THE BOARD HAD SUGGESTED PUTTING UP A FENCE BUT MR. JENNINGS STATED THAT THERE IS DENSE UNDERGROWTH AND, IN HIS OPINION, THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD NOT GO THROUGH THAT UNDERGROWTH AND HE QUESTIONED THE ADVANTAGES OF CLEARING THE UNDER- GROWTH AND PUTTING UP A FENCE ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, MR. JENNINGS STATED THAT THERE IS A 50 FOOT VACANT LOT BETWEEN AMBERSAND BEACH PARK AND MR. THOMP- SON'S PROPERTY AND THAT ALSO IS HEAVILY GROWN OVER WITH VEGETATION. COMMISSIONER MASSEY CONCURRED WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'.S PRE- SENTATION, ;F 2 31975 tiff 4111 ?�j