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9 <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS INQUIRED IF HER REASON THEN WAS THAT THE <br />COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO FINANCE THE SOUTH BEACH PARK <br />PROJECT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT'WE HAVE TWO COUNTY PROJECTS THAT <br />HAVE PRIORITY.OVER IT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT REITERATED THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE <br />CITY DO HAVE SOME NICELY DEVELOPED PARKS, BUT THE REST OF THE COUNTY <br />DOES NOT, AND THE NEAREST DEVELOPED PARK THE NORTH COUNTY HAS IS LOCATED <br />IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. <br />ON MOTION BY'COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS VOTED IN OPPOSITION, THE BOARD REGRETFULLY DECLINED <br />THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT <br />OF THE.SOUTH BEACH PARK AS OUTLINED IN MEMO FROM MR. GREEN OF OCTOBER <br />31, 1978. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED A PROPOSED FIRE TRUCK LEASE WHICH <br />THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH ARE TRYING <br />TO WORK OUT SO THEY CAN BETTER UTILIZE THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS PRESENTLY <br />IN THE COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY THE 1,000 GALLON PER MINUTE 1975 PUMPER. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT A LEASE AGREEMENT BE ENTERED <br />INTO BETWEEN THEM FOR A PERIOD OF 8 YEARS WHEREBY A LEASE PAYMENT OF <br />$5,000 WOULD BE PAID ANNUALLY AND AT THE END OF THE 8 YEAR TERM, THE <br />TITLE WOULD BE VESTED IN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />NOTED THAT WE ARE AT THIS TIME TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME MUNICIPAL FIRE <br />DIS`fRICTS BOTH IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH COUNTY AND HE FELT THE FIRST <br />QUESTION TO BE CONSIDERED IS WHETHER THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES <br />HAS THE RIGHT TO ENTER INTO THE PROPOSED LEASE AND WHETHER THE COUNTY <br />DOES HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE FIRE TRUCK, HE NOTED THAT THE NOVEMBER 5, <br />1975 AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN GRANTED THE COUNTY THE RIGHT TO LEASE FOR <br />A PERIOD OF 99 YEARS THE EQUIPMENT THEN HELD BY THE TOWN AND A SUBSEQUENT <br />CONTRACT INCORPORATED OTHER EQUIPMENT OWNED BY THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES. HE STATED THAT HIS INTERPRETATION IS THAT THIS 1,000 GPM PUMPER <br />IS INCLUDED IN THESE AGREEMENTS, WHICH AGREEMENTS WERE BASED ON EQUITY <br />CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE TOWN - THE ONE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE <br />STATION AND THE SECOND FOR PURCHASE OF THE LADDER TRUCK AND OTHER <br />EQUIPMENT. <br />135 <br />81'a pAn135 <br />