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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT BROUGHT UP THE ST, JOHNS RIVER BASIN, ARMY <br />CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT. <br />. CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED RESOLUTIONS FROM <br />VARIOUS GROUPS SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT, AND SHE FELT POSSIBLY WE SHOULD TAKE <br />'SOME ACTION. SHE NOTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK DONE IN BREVARD COUNTY <br />AND LAND ACQUISITION IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THIS PLAN WOULD GIVE US THE <br />RESERVOIR •IN THE BLUE CYPRESS AREA. <br />JAMES BEINDORF SPOKE EXPLAINING THE PROJECT. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED, IF THE COMMISSIONERS AGREED, POSSIBLY WE COULD <br />PREPARE A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REMARKED THAT THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS <br />OBJECTING TO THIS PROJECT STRENUOUSLY AND INFORMED THE:BOARD THAT THERE IS A <br />PRESENTATION ON THIS SUBJECT THAT IS MOST INFORMATIVE AND HE FELT THE BOARD <br />REALLY OUGHT TO SEE IT BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD ATTENDED A MEETING <br />WITH SOME OF THE OFFICIALS OF GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. AT SEBASTIAN HIGH- <br />LANDS, AND THEY HAD INVITED THE COUNTY TO TAKE OVER THE OPERATION OF THEIR <br />RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. HE CONTINUED THAT HE HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO GO BACK <br />ON NOVEMBER 24, 1975 TO MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS GROUP. THEY WILL <br />OFFICIALLY CHARTER THEMSELVES AS AN ASSOCIATION AND WANT SUFFICIENT INFORMA- <br />TION AS TO WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH SETTING UP A TAXING DISTRICT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAD TOLD THEM THAT THE COUNTY <br />HAD NOT ACCEPTED THE PROPERTY YET, AND, IN FACT, THE ROADS WERE ONLY RECENTLY <br />ACCEPTED, HE FURTHER TOLD THEM THAT IF THE COUNTY DID TAKE OVER THIS PROPERTY <br />AS A PARK, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, nE STATED THAT <br />HE FELT HE NEEDED SOME LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER AND RE- <br />QUESTED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS ATTEND THIS NEXT MEETING WITH HIM, <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ALFRED <br />WEBBER TENDERING HIS RESIGNATION AS THE BOARDS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNCIL ON AGING AND ALSO ON THE. <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGING OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL EFFECTIVE AS OF DECEMBER 15, 1975, WHICH LETTER IS HEREBY BEING <br />MADE A PART OF THESE MINUTES. <br />33 - <br />NOV 51975 <br />o 4 PAe[13O <br />