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AUG 2 71990 Boa .44 PAcE373 COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE OVERRIDING THING WAS THE SAFE- GUARD OF GREEN SPACES; IT IS NOT TO BE PINPOINTED AS TO WHETHER,THE. RECREATIONAL FACILITY IS GOING PRIVATE OR PUBLIC. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT ASSUMING IT WAS DETERMINED THIS WAS A PUBLIC FACILITY AND, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE STATUTE, THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE COVENANT AND IT TURNED OUT LATER THAT IT WAS NO LONGER A PUBLIC FACILITY, WHAT WOULD THE COUNTY'S POSITION BE? ATTORNEY COLLINS ADVISED THAT THE BOARD COULD TAKE SOME ACTION AND THE COVENANT WOULD BE IN DEFAULT, AND ATTORNEY GOULD AFFIRMED THERE WOULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE OPENING THE FLOOD GATES ON THIS MATTER, AND FELT THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW TO KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING WAS TO REFER IT TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. HE FELT THIS WAS A UNIQUE CASE THAT DOES NOT EXIST WITH OTHER CLUBS. ATTORNEY GOULD DID NOT WANT TO SUGGEST HOW THE BOARD COULD DECIDE ON THE OTHER CLUBS, BUT TO NOTE THAT THIS GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 60 YEARS. HE ADDED THAT ALL THEY ARE DOING IS LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE. LOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT ACCEPT OR AGREE TO THE COVENANT WITH THE RIOMAR COUNTRY CLUB. THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER LOY,THAT THE COUNTY ACCEPT THE COVENANT OF THE RIOMAR COUNTRY CLUB AS REQUESTED IN THEIR LETTER OF JULY 24, 1980. COMMISSIONER LOY COMMENTED THAT IF THE MOTION PASSES, SHE WOULD LIKE FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONFER WITH ATTORNEY GOULD AND ATTORNEY COLLINS TO ADD JUST A FEW OTHER PRIVISOS TO THE COVENANT THAT MIGHT BE UNIQUE TO THE COUNTY. COMMISSIONER LYONS REQUESTED THAT THE ABOVE BE ADDED TO THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED IF THE BOARD WOULD AGREE TO THE COVENANT WITHOUT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH BEING INVOLVED. COMMISSIONER LOY DID NOT THINK IT WOULD MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE; HOWEVER, IT WOULD SECURE THE RIOMAR COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE FUTURE, AND ALSO SECURE THE AREA SO THAT IT WILL REMAIN THE TYPE OF FACILITY IT IS PRESENTLY.