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AUG 2 71980 <br />BOOK 44 PAGE 369 <br />S. The Riomar Country Club is not in the land <br />development or land sales business in any sense of those <br />words and, in fact, does not have one square inch of land <br />for sale. <br />6. The existence and continued existence of pri- <br />vately developed golf courses such as this one makes it <br />unnecessary for county or city governments to develop such <br />golf courses at great expense to the taxpayers. <br />7. Except for police protection, golf courses <br />such as this one require very few governmental services. <br />8. The existence and continued existence of this <br />particular golf course has provided and will provide an <br />attraction for winter visitors, thereby resulting in sub- <br />stantial benefits to hotels, motels, restaurants and other <br />elements of the business community. <br />9. This golf course fits the criteria included <br />in the preamble to Chapter 67-528, Laws of Florida, attached <br />hereto . <br />10. If ad valorem taxes were ever to get so high <br />that The Riomar Country Club could no longer afford to <br />operate this golf course and, therefore, put the land to <br />some other use such as single family homes or multiple family <br />apartments, as has happened to other golf courses in other <br />parts of the country, the following adverse things would <br />occur: <br />A. Indian River County would lose a tourist <br />attraction. <br />B. The demand for governmental services for <br />schools, hospitals, etc. would increase. <br />C. The value of surrounding properties would <br />decline, thereby decreasing the ad valorem tax revenues <br />derived from those surrounding properties. <br />D. A beautiful golf course, which enhances the <br />beauty of the entire community, would no longer exist and <br />would be replaced by just another group of houses or <br />apartments. <br />JRG/tls <br />Respectfully submi ed, <br />I <br />ohn R. Gould <br />ATTORNEY GOULD APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED THAT HE HAS <br />PRACTICED LAW IN VERO BEACH FOR 29 YEARS, AND HAS NEVER PRESENTED A <br />MATTER THAT HE FELT WAS AS IMPORTANT TO HIS CLIENT AND TO THE QUALITY <br />OF LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTY, AS THIS ONE. HE THEN REVIEWED <br />FLORIDA STATUTE 193,501 AND EXPLAINED SEVERAL POINTS, <br />IN ESSENCE THE <br />i <br />