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CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THESE RADIOS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN USED <br />IN THE NEW CARS JUST PURCHASED, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR FELT THEY COULD <br />HAVE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE QLD CARS WERE. IN SERVICE WHEN THE NEW <br />ONES WERE ORDERED. HE NOTED THAT THE'CITY HAS STATED THEY WOULD CONSIDER <br />PURCHASING THE RADIOS AT THE DEPRECIATED VALUE. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DECLARED THE SAID MOBILE RADIOS SURPLUS AND <br />INSTRUCTED THAT THEY BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNTY INVENTORY AND OFFERED <br />TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. <br />THE BOARD NEXT DISCUSSED LETTER FROM J. LEWIS GREENE, DIRECTOR <br />OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, REQUESTING THAT THE•COUNTY <br />PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH BEACH PARK BY GUARANTEEING TO <br />PROVIDE $75,000 CASH AND IN-KIND SERVICES. <br />COMMISSIONER $IEBERT STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO <br />SPEND THESE MONIES TO DEVELOP AN OCEAN FRONT PARK, HE FELT IT SHOULD BE <br />SOMEWHERE ELSE; NAMELY, WABASSO BEACH. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY <br />HAS THE ONLY DEVELOPED BEACHES IN THE WHOLE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THE COUNTY WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL <br />IN THE ORIGINAL ACQUISITION OF THIS PARK AND FELT IT WOULD ONLY BE <br />FITTING TO CARRY THE PROJECT TO COMPLETION. <br />COMMISSIONER $IEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THE MINUTES STATE THAT <br />THE PARK WAS TO BE LEFT IN A TOTAL NATURAL STATE, AND IN ADDITION, STATED <br />• <br />THAT HE ORIGINALLY WAS OPPOSED TO THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE <br />PURCHASE BECAUSE THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS NEED PARKS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT COUNCILMAN GREGG MADE A STATEMENT <br />THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION WAS ONLY IN THE PURCHASE. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT HE FELT WE WOULD BE SEVERELY CRITICIZED IF WE DO THIS <br />TYPE OF A PROJECT WHEN THE CITIZENS HAVE INDICATED THEY DO NOT WANT A <br />TOURIST TAX WHICH WOULD HAVE HANDLED THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY HAS TWO LARGE <br />COMMITMENTS RIGHT NOW; ONE IS WABASSO BEACH, AND THE SECOND IS THE <br />TRACKING STATION LAND. WITH OUR BUDGETARY RESTRICTIONS AT THIS TIME, <br />AND THE OTHER MATTERS THAT THE COUNTY IS INVOLVED WITH, NAMELY SEWER <br />AND WATER, SHE FELT WE ARE AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT RIGHT ON THE LINE <br />WITH OUR BUDGET. <br />134 <br />:;g 38� <br />DEC ��� f <br />