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COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT IT WOULD BE A <br />GREAT ASSET TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO HAVE FACILITIES SUCH AS THOSE <br />PROPOSED BY F.I.T. AND THAT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THE MANNER IN <br />WHICH THESE FACILITIES WILL BE USED AND CAN WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH <br />HARBOR BRANCH FOUNDATION, HE STATED THAT HE WAS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR <br />OF THIS JOINT AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT <br />WE ARE GOING TO GO JOINTLY TO G,S,A, AND SAY WE ARE TOTALLY IN <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPOSED OPERATION OF THE PROPERTY, <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED THAT THE ADDITION OF AN INSTITUTE <br />OF HIGHER LEARNING TO THE CITY AND COUNTY CAN HAVE NOTHING BUT A <br />GOOD AFFECT AND CHANGE THE FLAVOR OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BETTER, <br />THE ONLY RESERVATION HE HAD IS TO BE SURE THAT WE GET BEACHFRONT <br />BENEFIT AS FAR AS THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY ARE CONCERNED, HE <br />NOTED THAT THIS IS A VANISHING ASSET AND IS ONE REASON MISS Loy <br />HAS FOUGHT SO LONG AND SO HARD TO GET HOLD OF THIS PROPERTY, WE <br />MUST BE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THE BEACHFRONT, <br />NIR. ADAMS NOTED THAT THOSE WORDS ARE PART OF THE AGREEMENT, <br />AND, IN ANY EVENT, USE OF THE BEACHFRONT COULD NOT BE DENIED. HE <br />NOTED THAT THEY WILL BUILD A CAMPUS TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE COULD ONLY ECHO HIS <br />AGREEMENT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID BY COMMISSIONERS WODTKE AND LYONS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY_COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN <br />APPROVED BY FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE <br />OF THE CHAIRMAN OR VICE CHAIRMAN; AND AUTHORIZED MAKING THE NECESSARY <br />AMENDMENTS TO OUR APPLICATION TO GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE FELT THE COUNTY IS <br />TREMENDOUSLY BLESSED TO HAVE AN COMMISSIONER AND AN ATTORNEY WHO <br />HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, AND THAT BOTH COMMISSIONER <br />LOY AND THE PEOPLE AT F,I.T. ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED. <br />ATTORNEY GEORGE HEATH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS <br />BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF ASSOCIATES OF F.I.T, <br />FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS, AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS HE HAS REMAINED <br />ON THAT BOARD IS THAT HE WAS SO TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED WITH THE <br />37 <br />JUN 2 5 19 80 �� � 8816' <br />