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MR. ADAMS EXPRESSED THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY <br />TO SHARE THESE MOMENTS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND INTRODUCED <br />DR. JOHN E. MILLER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA INSTITUTE <br />OF TECHNOLOGY AND ACTING PRESIDENT IN THE ABSENCE OF PRESIDENT <br />COOPER: PERRY CLENDENIN, TREASURER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY, AND <br />THEIR ATTORNEY, GEORGE HEATH. MR. ADAMS STATED THAT VICE CHAIRMAN <br />LOY'S REMARKS COVERED THE CASE MOST THOROUGHLY, BUT HE WOULD LIKE <br />TO ADD A FEW ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. <br />MR. ADAMS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT OVER THE PAST TWENTY <br />YEARS F.I.T. HAS GROWN TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST INSTITUTE OF HIGHER <br />LEARNING IN FLORIDA. THEY HAVE A HEAVY COMMITMENT TO OCEANOGRAPHY <br />AND MARINE SCIENCES AND HAVE A SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES ATTUNED <br />TOWARDS STUDY OF THE OCEANS. MR. ADAMS FELT THE MEMBERS OF THE <br />COMMISSION COULD RESPECT THE FACT THAT THEIR APPLICATION WAS MADE <br />IN GOOD FAITH BECAUSE TO CARRY FORWARD A COMPLETE PROGRAM, IT WAS <br />ESSENTIAL FOR THEM TO OBTAIN A SEASIDE LOCATION AND THEY FELT VERY <br />FORTUNATE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS FELL WITHIN THE CONFINES <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT SINCE THEIR APPLICATION.- <br />THEY <br />PPLICATION, <br />THEY BECOME EMINENTLY AWARE OF THE LONG YEARS THE COUNTY HAS BEEN <br />INVOLVED IN THIS ACQUISITION, AND HE HOPED F.I.T. AND THE COUNTY <br />NOW CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A MUTUAL OPPORTUNITY. MR. ADAMS WENT ON <br />TO SPEAK OF BOB SPILLMAN WHO CAME TO TALLAHASSEE SOME YEARS AGO TO <br />TRY TO GET A LOCATION ON THE ISLAND FOR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND HE <br />FELT THAT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY IS <br />NOT ANYTHING THAT IS A DIVERGENCE FROM LONG TIME PLANS, BUT A FUL- <br />FILLMENT OF THEM. HE WAS HAPPY TO SAY THAT WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT <br />HAS BEEN REACHED AND IS NOW DOCUMENTED, HE COULD ASSURE THE BOARD <br />THAT THEIR PLANS ARE NOT ONLY TO START IMMEDIATELY WITH PHASE 1, <br />BUT AS SOON AS TITLE IS RECEIVED, THEY HOPE TO START FINANCING SO <br />PHASES 2 AND 3 CAN BE STARTED VERY SOON AND A MARINE RESOURCE <br />FACILITY CAN BE CREATED. MR. ADAMS STATED THAT THEY ARE VERY <br />ANXIOUS TO BECOME A MEANINGFUL, CONTRIBUTING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. <br />35 <br />JUN 2 51990 BOOK 43 pAcE$$4 <br />