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Anthony Policastro, Esquire, outside counsel, conveyed the details of the parcels that the County requires for right-of-way for the 66th Avenue improvement project and the Interlocal Agreement with the School District for the temporary turn lane onto 57th Street. He said the property owners, Steve, William, and Evan Abazis had agreed to stipulate to the Order of Taking under the following conditions: (1) the County take the entire parcel of 9.803 acres; (2) the County deposit into the Court Registry, the unconditional offer of $560,740, which was approved by the Board on August 18, 2009; and (3) in addition to the deposit, the property owners would, as a minimum, recover same if the matter proceeds to trial. He mentioned that the property was appraised at $487,600 in June 2009, and listed the reasons why this transaction would benefit the County. ON MOTION by Commissioner Davis, SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, by a 4-0 vote (Vice Chairman Solari absent), the Board approved the terms of the Stipulated Order of Take for the entire 9.803 acre parcel and directed outside Counsel to have the Stipulation signed by all parties and presented to the Court for approval, as recommended in the memorandum of December 8, 2009. I3.D. ADDED: DISCUSSION ON THE FELLSMERE FIRE HYDRANT APPEAL County Attorney William Collins recalled discussion from a prior meeting, pertaining to the City of Fellsmere's fire hydrant bill. He explained the reasons why he had said not to pay the bill, and wanted to propose to Fellsmere City Attorney Warren Dill that the charges they found the County to be in violation of, be placed into an escrow account. Attorney Collins said if the County prevails, the funds would be returned, and if the Court determines the City of Fellsmere to be correct, then they would be paid out of the escrow account. He explained how the 27 December 15, 2009