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t 0 L. 0 THE BOARD DISCUSSED OBTAINING THE OLD MYLARS FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WHEN THE NEW AERIALS ARE RECEIVED. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ENCOURAGED ALL COMMISSIONERS TO BE AT HOBART ROAD AND U,$.1 AT 9:45 A.M. SATURDAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOLUNTEER HAND REACH. ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER ADDING AN EMERGENCY ITEM TO TODAY #S AGENDA FOR MR. BEINDORF. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ADD TO TODAY'S AGENDA THE EMERGENCY ITEM TO BE PRESENTED BY MR. BEINDORF AS REQUESTED BY ATTORNEY COLLINS. MR. BEINDORF INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS RELATES TO A PROJECT KNOWN AS INDIAN RIVER TRAILS, WHICH RECENTLY REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER ABANDONING A PORTION OF PECAN ROAD SO THAT THEY MIGHT BUILD A CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF COURSE. MR. BEINDORF NOTED THAT THIS AREA WAS REZONED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO' FOR THIS PURPOSE. HE READ TO THE BOARD A DRAFT OF A LETTER WHICH THE FLORIDA LAND COMPANY WOULD LIKE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AND SEND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN REGARD TO OBTAINING MINERAL RELEASES FROM THE STATE ON THE INDIAN RIVER TRAILS PROPERTY. MR. BEINDORF NOTED THAT IF THE BOARD IS WILLING TO ENDORSE THIS LETTER, IT WOULD SPEED THINGS UP, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ENDORSE THIS PARTICULAR LETTER, ANOTHER ONE COULD BE DRAFTED, ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT MURPHY DEEDS ARE A COMMON PROBLEM IN FLORIDA. IN THE EARLY 20`S MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY COULDN`T PAY THE TAXES. THE STATE SUBSEQUENTLY RESOLD THESE PROPERTIES, RESERVING ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND VARIOUS MINERAL RIGHTS, ETC., AND DOES NOT ORDINARILY RELEASE THESE RIGHTS UNLESS CON- STRUCTION IS IMMINENT. THEREFORE, INDIAN RIVER TRAILS FEELS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE BOARD COULD EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THE BOARD CAN STATE THAT THEY POSITIVELY KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE DEVELOPED. 30 BOOK '34 PAGE275