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1 MR. ODOM AGREED TO THE TERMS OF THE MOTION AND ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT HIS AGREEMENT. THE BOARD NEXT DISCUSSED THE REQUEST OF BILL THOMPSON THAT THE COUNTY CLOSE THE PORTION OF AMSERSAtMj BEACH PARK, LOTS 6 AND 7, LYING WEST OF STATE ROAD A1A, THIS MATTER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT SEVERAL PREVIOUS MEETINGS. MR, THOMPSON APPEARED AND DESCRIBED THE MANY PROBLEMS HE HAS HAD BECAUSE OF THIS PARK AND THE HARRASSMENT TO WHICH HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED BY TRESPASSERS. HE STATED THAT THE MAIN OFFENDERS ARE NOT LOCAL PEOPLE, BUT RESIDENTS OF DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. MR. THOMPSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS AGRESSIVELY PURSUED THEIR ADVICE IN ASKING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO POLICE THE AREA; THAT HE HAS SIGNED IN EXCESS OF 15 CHARGES AND ONLY BEEN ABLE TO GET ONE BEFORE THE JUDGE; AND IN THAT INSTANCE THE PERSON WAS FINED AND THE FINE SUSPENDED. HE, THEREFORE, CANNOT BELIEVE THIS POLICY WILL REMEDY THE SITUATION. COMMISSIONER MASSEY NOTED THAT IN REGARD TO THE CHARGE OF TRESPASSING BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGE, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PEOPLE WERE IN THE WATER AT THE TIME, MR, THOMPSON STATED THAT THEY WERE USING HIS DOCK FOR FISHING, AND.PRESENTED A SCRAPBOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS INCIDENT AND OTHERS, COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED WHETHER ANY PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN REGARD TO THE LAND SWAP MR. THOMPSON HAD PREVIOUSLY SUGGESTED WHEREBY ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH WOULD POSSIBLY SWAP BEACHFRONT PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE PARK FOR THE RIVERFRONT PORTION OF THE PARK. MR. THOMPSON STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO PURSUE THIS, BUT NOTHING HAD DEVELOPED SO FAR. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT MR. THOMPSON HAS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND EFFORT OVER THE LAST YEAR PRESENTING DOCUMENTED INFORMATION TO THE BOARD AND HAS DONE EVERYTHING THE BOARD HAS ADVISED. AND SHE FELT THAT DUE TO THE LENGTH OF TIME THIS HARRASSMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON, THE BOARD WOULD BE JUSTIFIED IN CLOSING THE RIVERFRONT SECTION OF THE PARK TEMPORARIt1Y. E e