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COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF MR. CALMES HAD ANY IDEA WHAT THE DIF— <br />=I <br />FERENCE WOULD BE BETWEEN THEIR PRESENT ASSESSMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT THAT <br />WOULD BE RECEIVED UNDER THIS COVENANT. <br />MR. CALMES STATED THAT HE DID NOT, BUT NOTED THAT THERE HAVE <br />BEEN PRECEDENTS SET IN OTHER PARTS.OF THE STATE WHEREBY GROUND PREVIOUSLY <br />ASSESSED AT $5,800 PER ACRE WAS VALUED AT ABOUT $500 TO $600 PER ACRE <br />OR EVEN LESS, <br />MRS CALMES INTRODUCED MR. TOM BARNES, WHO, HE STATED, IS <br />VERY FAMILIAR WITH "GREEN BELT" LEGISLATION. <br />MR, CALMES CONTINUED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEIR <br />1 <br />SITUATION IS AT ALL THE SAME AS THAT OF DODGERTOWN, WHICH REQUESTED THIS <br />COVENANT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND POINTED OUT THAT VISTA ROYALE HAS PROPERTY <br />ALL AROUND THE GOLF COURSE THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DISCUSSED THE SPECIFIC MENTION MADE IN THE <br />ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION TO "NON-COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL PURPOSES," AND <br />MR. CALMES NOTED THAT THIS OPINION HAD BEEN WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD <br />TO LAND OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL TO BE USED FOR A PRIVATE HORSE PATH, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NEXT POINTED OUT THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S <br />OPINION ALSO STATED THAT, AS A POLICY MATTER, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM- <br />MISSIONERS MAY ACCEPT SUCH A COVENANT ONLY WHEN THEY DETERMINE THE PUBLIC <br />INTEREST WILL BE SERVED THEREBY, <br />MR, TOM BARNES STATED THAT THE WHOLE THEORY IS THAT THE GOLF <br />COURSE CREATES ADDITIONAL VALUE TO THE SURROUNDING LAND AND THEREBY <br />CREATES ADDITIONAL TAXES AND SAID HE FELT IT IS TO THE COUNTY'S ADVANTAGE <br />TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BY PRIVATE FIRMS <br />• RATHER THAN THE COUNTY HAVING TO PROVIDE THEM. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THE GOLF COURSE ALSO CREATES <br />POTENTIAL PROFIT TO THE DEVELOPER, AND HE DID NOT FEEL IT IS NECESSARILY <br />IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO REDUCE TAX VALUES ON LAND AND DECREASE TAXES. <br />MR, CALMES POINTED OUT THAT THEIR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ARE <br />ABSORBING GOLFERS WHO WOULD OVERCROWD THE OTHER COURSES, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF VISTA PROPERTIES WOULD BE MILLING <br />TO KEEP THE COURSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE PERIOD OF THE COVENANT. <br />29 <br />l Y 5 1976 <br />.;5 <br />Boot PA,, <br />F� <br />