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JUN 251990 <br />-I <br />aoo 43 PALE 901 <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT IF THERE ARE NO CONTINGENCIES RE- <br />GARDING PERMITTING, THEN THEY ARE BRAVE. <br />ATTORNEY QUINN FELT THE ESTUARIES CASE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT <br />ON WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS PROPERTY IN THE YEARS AHEAD AND THAT <br />THE DER WILL BE HELD TO STRICTER GUIDELINES IN THE FUTURE: HOWEVER, <br />THAT IS AN OPEN QUESTION. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS INFORMED HIM THAT THE COUNTY HAS JOINED <br />IN THE SUIT TO TRY TO GET THE ESTUARIES CASE REVERSED. <br />COORDINATOR THOMAS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE BELIEVED <br />ABOUT S OR 9 ACRES OF THIS PROPERTY ARE ON HIGH LAND THAT APPEARS <br />TO BE BUILDABLE. HE NOTED THAT S OR 9 ACRES IN THAT AREA, EVEN THOUGH <br />IT MIGHT BE SINGLE FAMILY, WOULD BE WORTH A CONSIDERABLE SUM OF MONEY, <br />AND HE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THE ONE MAKING AN OFFER COULD AFFORD TO <br />PAY THE PRICE IF THEY COULD BE SURE THEY COULD GET TO IT - THAT ACCOUNTS <br />FOR THE ACCESS CONTINGENCY. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OFFERS <br />MADE WERE CASH OFFERS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE APPRAISAL WE HAVE <br />FROM MR. HOUCK ELIMINATES A 16 ACRE PIECE, WHICH BRINGS THE VALUE <br />DOWN TO $55,000. HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT DESIROUS OF THE COUNTY <br />BUYING ANY HIGH LAND THAT COULD BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND HE DID <br />NOT KNOW IF THERE WAS A POSSIBLE EXCLUSION OF THAT LAND. HE STATED <br />THAT HE WAS NOT WILLING TO MAKE AN OFFER IN THE $3,000-$4,000 AN <br />ACRE RANGE AND WOULD NOT WANT TO GO OVER $70-$75,000. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO THE LOCATION OF ANY HIGH LAND, <br />WHICH COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT WAS ALL CLOSE TO THE RIVER IN THE CITY <br />OF VERO BEACH AND CLASSIFIED AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ON THEIR <br />MASTER PLAN. <br />ATTORNEY QUINN STATED THAT THERE ARE SOME SPOIL ISLANDS <br />THAT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER ACREAGE, BUT HE THOUGHT TO CHAR- <br />ACTERIZE ANY OF THIS AS BEING HIGH WAS GENEROUS, HE BELIEVED THE <br />ONLY HIGH LAND IN THIS AREA IS IN COUNTRY CLUB POINTE, AND HE DID <br />NOT BELIEVE ANY OF IT COULD BE DEVELOPED WITHOUT FILL. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS THE ONLY PROPERTY TERMED <br />52 <br />