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Interlocal Agreement) to construct a temporary turn lane onto 57th Street to service Storm Grove Middle School. Attorney DeBraal noted that if the Mediated Settlement Agreement is not approved, the turn lane project would be delayed until an Order of Take hearing can be brought before the Court. After questioning Attorney DeBraal, Commissioner Solari learned that the appraisal provided by the Abazis and their attorneys, referrenced on page 471 of staff's report, which values the Abazi property at $95,000 per acre, was not derived from a complete appraisal, but from the "For Mediation Only" packet (copy on file), supplied by Brent Simon, Esquire; and David Holloway, Esquire, the Abazis' attorneys. Commissioner Solari objected to the land values set forth in the Mediation documents, which place the subject property at $95,000 per acre, the same price paid by the School Board in 2005 at the height of the market, for the property across 66th Avenue. Alluding to the current 25%-75% decline in property values, he also opposed the additional $25,000 per acre cost desired by the Abazis because of the smaller size of their parcel. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Solari, SECONDED by Commissioner O'Bryan, to DENY approval of the Mediated Settlement Agreement with Steven Abazis, William Abazis, and Evan Abazis. Vice Chairman Flescher agreed with Commissioner Solari that the values provided for the property purchased by the School Board did not reflect current market values. Additionally, the values were not derived from a true appraisal, and the trees inventoried in the packet are very costly. Attorney DeBraal explained that normally when going to mediation, staff and the opposing party exchange appraisals ahead of time. In this case, however, although he knew the opposing side did not have a complete appraisal report, Attorney DeBraal chose to go ahead with 43 November 3, 2009