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MAR 19 1980 - - - - Bou 43 eac£ 30 ABOUT IT; THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE SITE THEY HAD. HE STATED THAT IF MR. COLLINS HAD TOLD HiM AT THAT TIME THAT HE WAS REPRESENTING THE OWNERS, HE MIGHT HAVE RESOLVED THIS MATTER THEN, BUT HE WASN'T INFORMED OF THAT FACT. ATTORNEY SMITH THEN REFERRED BACK TO HIS LETTER, NOTING THAT THE PROPOSED SITE ON KING'S HIGHWAY IS IN AN AREA WHERE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ON THE TAX ROLLS AT A VALUE.OF FROM $25,000 AN ACRE TO $3,000 PER ACRE WHILE THE LAND LOCATED MUCH CLOSER TO THE PRESENT PLANT HAS A MUCH LOWER PER ACRE VALUE. MR. SMITH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS CLIENTS WOULD BE WILLING TO BUY THE PRESENT COUNTY SITE FOR WHATEVER IS ESTABLISHED TO BE A FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICE, WHICH HE FELT WOULD BE $50,000-$60,000, AND THE COUNTY, THEREFORE, WOULD BE SAVING $100,000 OR SO - $50,000 FOR THE SITE AND $55,000 FOR THE FORCE MAIN. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE COUNTY PROPOSED TO PUT THIS SEWAGE FACILITY IS IN ONE OF THE BEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT HE FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD RECONSIDER THESE ISSUES,WHICH THE DER IS NOT CON- SIDERING BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCAL ISSUESIAND THAT IS WHY HIS CLIENTS HAVE COME TO THE BOARD AND ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THEY RECONSIDER AND FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE SITE. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT IF HE WERE TO RECONSIDER, IT WOULD BE ONLY ON AN ECONOMIC BASIS. IN REGARD TO CONSIDERING ANY MORE ARGUMENTS RELATIVE TO SPREAD OF VIRUS, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD ASK MR. SMITH TO GIVE-HI'M1 A HISTORY OF THE EPIDEMICS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF T'HE-'JOHN'S ISLAND GOLF COURSE OR THE CITY OF VERO BEACH COOLING TOWER.WHI-CH SPRAYS THOUSANDS OF GALLONS INTO THE AIR. HE FELT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACTS ON EITHER SIDE, BUT NOTED THAT THE ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION INTRIGUES HIM. ATTORNEY SMITH STATED THAT THE SPRAY OPERATION CAN BE CARRIED OUT SAFELY, BUT NOT FROM THIS KIND OF PLANT. IT MUST BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY. COMMISSIONER LOY THANKED MR. SMITH AND HIS CLIENTS FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION, BUT STATED THAT BEFORE ANY 30