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REPORTED THAT R-1 PROPERTY IN THAT AREA IS SELLING FOR APPROXI- <br />MATELY $4,500-$5,000 AN ACRE, AND THE HARDEE'S PROPERTY IS ZONED <br />FOR TRAILER PARK USE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS THEN REVIEWED THE TERMS HE HAD DISCUSSED <br />WITH MR. HARDEE AND STATED THAT IF THE BOARD IS SATISFIED, HE WILL <br />PREPARE A CONTRACT. HE REPORTED THAT ONE OBSTACLE TO OVERCOME <br />WAS THE EXPENSE OF HOOKING UP THE HARDEE WATER SYSTEM TO THE GIFFORD <br />WATER SYSTEM. THE ATTORNEY BELIEVED THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM <br />FMHA TO BRING LINES TO THAT PROPERTY. ANOTHER FACTOR TO BE TAKEN <br />INTO CONSIDERATION IS DISCONNECTING THE HARDEE'S SEWER PLANT AND <br />CONNECTING IT TO THE COUNTY PLANT WHEN IT IS INSTALLED. ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS STATED THAT HE AND THE ENGINEER ARE SUGGESTING A PURCHASE <br />PRICE OF $45,000 FOR THE 12 ACRES, PLUS A 20' EASEMENT FROM <br />LINDSEY ROAD ABOUT 1,200' LONG. THE EASEMENT WILL HAVE TO BE <br />IMPROVED. IN ADDITION TO THE PURCHASE PRICE, THE COUNTY WOULD <br />ASSUME THE OBLIGATION OF HOOKING UP THE WATER SYSTEM AND SEWER <br />SYSTEM OF THE TRAILER PARK. ENGINEER ROBBINS ANTICIPATES THAT <br />WILL NOT EXCEED $20,000, AND IT COULD BE LESS. THE WELL WILL BE <br />CAPPED, AND THE WATER PLANT, WHEN DISCONNECTED, WILL BELONG TO <br />MR, HARDEE, WHEN THE SEWER PLANT IS DISCONNECTED, IT WILL BECOME <br />THE PROPERTY OF THE COUNTY; IT HAS A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $2,0001 <br />AND COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL USE IN THE BLUE CYPRESS AREA, THERE <br />IS_GOING TO BE EXCESS DIRT RESULTING FROM THE DIGGING OF THE HOLDING <br />PONDS, AND THAT DIRT IS TO BE RELOCATED ON THE HARDEE'S PROPERTY. <br />THE DIRT, WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT 2,600 CUBIC YARDS, WOULD HAVE <br />A MARKET VALUE OF ABOUT $700. ATTORNEY COLLINS FURTHER NOTED THAT <br />OUR TRAILER PARK ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT THE PARK BE AT LEAST 30 <br />ACRES TO COMPLY WITH COUNTY ZONING, AND HE HAS INFORMED MR. HARDEE <br />THAT IF THESE TERMS ARE SATISFACTORY WITH THE BOARD, HE WILL APPEAR <br />BEFORE THE VARIANCE BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN COMPLIANCE. THE <br />ATTORNEY COMMENTED THAT THE INITIAL PURCHASE PRICE MAY BE A LITTLE <br />HIGH, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL REDEEMING FACTORS - WE CAN GET RID OF <br />A SMALL PACKAGE PLANT; WE CAN SERVE AN AREA THAT BADLY NEEDS GOOD <br />QUALITY WATER; THE PACKAGE PLANT IS AVAILABLE TO BE USED IN SOME <br />OTHER AREA; AND WE ARE BUYING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS LAND THAN WOULD <br />BE REQUIRED FOR THE SPRAY IRRIGATION METHOD. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />DER HAS BEEN TO THE SITE AND APPROVED IT FOR THE PURPOSE WE INTEND. <br />SEP 2 41980 87 <br />BOOK 44 PAGE 667 <br />