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F <br />CHAIRMAN IODTKE INQUIRED WHAT SITES MR, WRIG-iT HAD OR WAS <br />. <br />CONSIDERING. <br />MR. WRIGHT STATED THAT HE IS LOOKING, AT THREE DIFFERENT SITES <br />ON KINGS 'HIGHWAY, AND ONES IN THE SEBASTIAN, VIABASSO AND OSLO AREAS. <br />HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NEED 300 TO 400 ACRES AND WAS AIMI"NG AT A <br />CENTRALLY LOCATED PROJECT WHICH HE FELT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE <br />COUNTY. HE POINTED OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THIS PROJECT 11OULD BE ONLY A <br />TEMPORARY SOLUTION, YOU COULD PUT THESE GOLF COURSES ALL THE <br />COUNTY AND STATED THAT HE IS FAMILIAR 111TH EPA REGULAT.ONS. <br />CHAIRMAN V'IODTKE NOTED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY <br />WAY, EVEN IF THE COUNTY WERE INTERESTED IN CARRYING OUT THE SUGGESTED <br />PROJECT, FOR IT TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN TIME. HE ASKED MSR. WRIGHT ABOUT <br />THE POSSIBILITY OF CARRYING OUT SUCH A PROJECT ON THE LAND THE COUNTY <br />IS CONTEMPLATING USING, <br />MR. WRIGHT STATED FROM A DEVELOPER'S POINT OF VIEW 190 ACRES <br />IS NOT ENOUGH AS YOU NEED ABOUT 120 ACRES FOR THE GOLF COURSE WHICH <br />WOULD ONLY LEAVE 70 TO DEVELOP. dE FELT, HOWEVER, I'i WOULD BE FINE <br />FOR A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, WHICH HE POINTED OUT IS VERY i 1UCiH " F-ELEu . <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHETHER MR, WRIGHT OWNS ANY LAND IN <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY THAT HE WOULD'ANTICIPATE USING FOR THIS PROJECT, <br />AND ALSO WHETHER HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE REGULATIONS IN SETTING UP <br />A LANDFILL AND HAS HAD ANY EXPERIENCE IN CONVERTING LANDFILL. <br />MR, WRIGHT STATED THAT HE IS LOOKING FOR THE LAND NOW, AND <br />WANTED THE BOARD'S APPROVAL BEFORE HE PURCHASED ANY LAND, HE CONTINUED <br />THAT HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE IN CONVERTING LANDFILLS IN TENNESSEE, BUT <br />NOT IN FLORIDA; ALTHOUGH HE HAS BUILT GOLF COURSES ALL OVER FLORIDA. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE TO PUT IN <br />A 9 HOLE GOLF COURSE ON THE LAND THE COUNTY IS PRESENTLY LOOKING AT. <br />MR. WRIGHT POINTED OUT THAT YOU MUST LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC FLOW <br />AND THIS PROPERTY IS WAY OFF IN ONE CORNER OF THE COUNTY, BUT NOTED <br />THAT PUBLIC GOLF COURSES CATER TO A LOWER INCOME GROUP AND SOME HAVE <br />BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE DISCUSSED THE FEASIBILITY OF THE COUNTY <br />PUTTING THE LANDFILL ROUGHLY IN CONDITION FOR A GOLF COURSE AS IT IS, <br />UTILIZED, NOTING THAT WE MUST DIG HOLDING PONDS, ETC,., AS WE GO <br />3 <br />MAR'231977 59 <br />