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ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS RECEIVED <br />A SIMILAR RESOLUTION. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS GENERALLY FELT THAT THE PUBLIC <br />WORKS MONEY IS MORE NEEDED FOR THE WATER SYSTEM AND ALSO THAT THE PARK IS <br />MORE APPROPRIATE THE WAY IT IS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED. THAT MEMORIAL PARK WAS ORIGINALLY <br />PLANNED AS A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SIT QUIETLY AND MEDITATE. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT SHE IS NOT AGAINST ADDING FACILITIES <br />BUT POINTED OUT THAT IT IS ONLY USED FOR PUBLIC CEREMONIES ONCE CR TWICE A <br />YEAR. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT IF A COMMITTEE GOT TOGETHER AND DREW <br />UP SOME PLANS, HAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT, RAISED SOME MONEY, AND THEN ASKED FOR <br />MATCHING FUNDS, HE WOULD BE GLAD TO CONSIDER THEIR PLANS, <br />IT WAS AGREED TO HOLD THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER REVIEW. <br />CHAIRMAN $IEBERT NEXT DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE ROAD LEADING' <br />INTO INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INFORMED THEM THAT THIS ROAD HAS <br />NOT BEEN GRADED FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.- HE NOTED <br />THAT INDIAN RIVER FARMS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OWNS THIS ROAD, AND THE <br />COUNTY HAS NO EASEMENT. IN FACT, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT REQUESTED THAT THE <br />COUNTY CEASE GRADING THE ROAD. THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE MET WITH OFFI- <br />CIALS OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLLEGE ABOUT <br />THIS MATTER. HE HAD HOPED THE DISTRICT WOULD GIVE A 50' EASEMENT AS THERE <br />SEEMS TO BE:AMPLE ROOM ALONG THE DITCH, BUT THEY SAID ALL THEY COULD GIVE <br />UP IS 12'. HE NOTED THAT THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT DID OFFER THE COUNTY A <br />RIGHT -OF -'JAY, BUT ONLY FOR ONE YEAR AND SUBJECT TO MANY RESTRICTIONS. <br />CHAIRMAN $IEBERT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE <br />ENGINEER FOR THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, MARVIN CARTER, WHO SAID THEY DO NEED <br />THIS PROPERTY FOR THEIR LONG RANGE PLANS AND THEIR CONCERN IS THAT THEY NOT <br />GIVE AWAY ANY LAND THEY MAY HAVE TO PURCHASE BACK LATER. THE CHAIRMAN IN- <br />FORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD SUGGESTED TO THE COLLEGE THE POSSIBILITY OF <br />WORKING ON A PARTICIPATING BASIS, BUT THEY SAID IT IS JUST THE COUNTY'S <br />RESPONSIBILITY AND CLAIMED WE HAD PROMISED TO BUILD THEM A ROAD THERE BACK <br />IN 1974. <br />63 <br />soot 97 143 <br />