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r AUG 27 1980 RECREATIONAL FACILITY. BOOK 44 PAGE371 HE THEN READ ALOUD THE COVENANT SIGNED BY THE RIOMAR COUNTRY CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND ASKED THE -BOARD TO ACCEPT IT AND RECORD IT SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE BENEFITS OF THAT LAW. ATTORNEY GOULD FELT IT WAS A UNIQUE AND VALUABLE ASSET AND URGED THE BOARD TO TAKE THE ACTION REQUESTED. COMMISSIONER LYONS INQUIRED HOW MUCH PUBLIC USE THE GOLF COURSE HAD. ATTORNEY GOULD DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY, AND ESTIMATED THAT IN THE SUMMER THERE WAS NOT MUCH USE OF THE GOLF COURSE BUT IN THE WINTER TIME, THE CLUB GETS ABOUT $30,000 A YEAR IN. GREENS FEES. HE ADDED THAT IF THE CLUB IS HOLDING A TOURNAMENT, THE COURSE MIGW BE CLOSED TO NON-MEMBERS; OTHERWISE, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING REQUESTS FROM OTHER GOLF COURSES THAT HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD OUGHT TO BE AWARE THAT THIS MATTER COULD BE REFERRED TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED AS TO HOW MANY, OF THE 200 MEMBERS, LIVE ADJACENT TO THE GOLF COURSE. ATTORNEY GOULD GUESSED IT WOULD BE 10 OR 12 MEMBERS, AND IF YOU WENT BACK A FEW BLOCKS, THERE WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WONDERED IF THE CLUB WAS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. ATTORNEY GOULD REPORTED THE FRONT NINE HOLES MIGHT BE CLOSED IF THERE IS A TOURNAMENT; AND IT IS CLOSED ON FRIDAYS TO EVERYONE. HE CONTINUED THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A MEMBERSHIP IN THE CLUB, YOU HAVE TO BE PROPOSED BY A MEMBER, COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF ATTORNEY GOULD FELT THAT UNDER THE COVENANT, THE TAX ASSESSMENT WOULD BE LOWER THAN IT IS PRESENTLY. ATTORNEY GOULD REPLIED NEGATIVELY; THEY ARE JUST LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE AND TRYING TO GUARD AGAINST WHAT HAPPENED TO OTHER GOLF COURSES IN THE NORTHERN CITIES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WONDERED IF THERE WAS AN IMMINENT DANGER THAT THE GOLF COURSE WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS, AND ATTORNEY GOULD 0 7J -I