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MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Bowden, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, to prepare a <br />Resolution 2005-215 immediately requesting a joint <br />meeting with Charles Bronson, the Florida Commissioner <br />of Agriculture, Dr. Harold Browning, IFAS Director of <br />Citrus Research and Education Center, Michael Hornyak, <br />USDA Director of Citrus Canker Eradication Program, <br />along with St. Lucie County Board of County <br />Commissioners to make a decision to change the current <br />citrus eradication program. <br /> <br />Renee Ramsey <br />, Waverly Place, commented that they voted for the $50 million <br />bond issue in 2004, to provide development rights of agriculture land that were under threat to save <br />the farmers from having to sell out to developers. She thought this would be the time to give the <br />grove owners a chance to get over the financial hump. <br /> <br />NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN. <br /> <br />COPY OF LETTER AND RESOLUTION 2005-215 IS ON FILE IN THE <br />OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />December 13, 2005 4 <br /> <br />