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JAN 91980 DOGE( 42 E'AGF 430 , DISCUSSION ENSUED CONCERNING LOT 13, BLOCK 10 IN VERO BEACH ESTATES. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS COMMENTED THAT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT DR. AND PARS. BIANCO OWN ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS LOT, IT IS OF NO VALUE AND A CONTINUING NUISANCE TO THE COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT IT WOULD INCREASE THE VALUE FOR THE BIANCOS BUT NOT FOR THE COUNTY. MRS. BIANCO STATED THAT THEY BOUGHT THEIR LOTS 27 YEARS AGOIAND LOT 13 WAS DESIGNATED AS A STREET BUT NEVER WAS MADE INTO A STREET, AND NOW A SEWER IS RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF THE LOT AND NOBODY CAN BUILD ON IT. MR. BIANCO STATED, FOR THE RECORD, THAT THEY ARE BIDDING ON THE LOT AS ADVERTISED BY THE COUNTY. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE BID OF DR. A. J. BIANCO FOR LOT 13, BLOCK 10, VERO BEACH ESTATES, AS ADVERTISED, AS BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000.00. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS REQUESTED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO EXPLAIN THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF LEMON AVENUE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT NORMALLY STREETS DEDICATED TO THE COUNTY ARE ABANDONED BY OUR ROUTINE PROCEDURES; IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND WAS ORIGINALLY ABANDONED BY THE CITY. THE OWNER WHO ACQUIRED TITLE FAILED TO PAY TAXES, AND THE COUNTY FORECLOSED, ON IT UNDER "THE OLD PROCEDURE WHERE THEY ACQUIRED PROPERTY WHICH WAS NOT SOLD WHEN AUCTIONED. NOW, AN ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO ACQUIRE TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY AND HAS REQUESTED THAT THE COUNTY ABANDON IT. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THAT ABANDONMENT IS NOT THE PROPER PROCESS AND THAT IT SHOULD BE ADVERTISED FOR SALE THE SAME AS ANY OTHER COUNTY -OWNED PROPERTY. HE NOTED THAT 15 YEARS AGO, THE COUNTY BY RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED A PRICE OF $100 FOR THIS PIECE, BUT ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT, IN VIEW OF THE YEARS THAT HAVE GONE BY, THE COMMISSION WOULD BE BETTER OFF TO TREAT IT AS ANY OTHER COUNTY -OWNED PROPERTY AND FOLLOW OUR NORMAL PROCEDURES.