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SEP 2 41900 aw 44 628 DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SITE IN THE OLD LANDFILL PROPERTY, AND ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY'SPECIFIED A PARTICULAR 5 TO 7 ACRES OUT OF THE 60 ACRE SITE. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE CLOSED THE LANDFILL AND ARE IN THE PLANTING PROCESS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER LYONS HOPED THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY SO THAT IF WE DO MAKE THIS PIECE AVAILABLE TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY, IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY OTHER LONG TERM USE WE MIGHT HAVE. HE DID BELIEVE IT WAS A GOOD LOCATION FOR THEM IF THE RIGHT CORNER COULD BE FOUND. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE INDICATED TO HIM THAT IT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE AREA FOR A PERMANENT COUNTY FAIRGROUND, AND IF THAT IS IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, HE FELT WE SHOULD LOOK TO THE WEST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY. COMMISSIONER Loy CONFIRMED THAT THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS CRAMPED FOR SPACE, THAT THEY HAVE SCOUTED THE COUNTY LOOKING FOR A LOCATION, AND HAVE COME TO THE BOARD -AS A LAST RESORT. SHE NOTED THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE DISCUSSED A USE FOR THIS LANDFILL PROPERTY, IT HAS BEEN WITH THE IDEA OF SAVING IT FOR AN OPEN AREA FOR RECREATION, CARNIVALS, ETC., BUT SHE FELT THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY'S PARTICULAR SITUATION RELATES TO THE LANDS INABILITY TO SUPPORT STRUCTURES AND THE RESULTANT EXPENSE OF BUILDING THERE. SHE WAS HOPEFUL THAT IF THE BOARD DID APPROVE THEIR REQUEST, THAT 3-5 ACRES COULD BE FOUND IN AN OUTLYING AREA OF THE OLD LANDFILL WHERE IT MIGHT BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE BELIEVED THAT WE HAVE, I N THE PAST, MADE LANDS AVAILABLE TO ORGANIZATIONS ON A LEASE BASIS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE LEASE. HE DID NOT BELIEVE WE HAD USED 100% OF ALL THE LAND IN THE OLD LANDFILL. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT BEFORE THE LANDFILL CLOSED DOWN, WE WERE OPERATING ON LEASED LAND FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND WHILE THERE WERE LANDS THAT WERE NOT USED, THEY ARE NOT OUR LAND. SHE BELIEVED ANY UNUSED LAND REMAINING IS UNDER THE JURIS- DICTION OF THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.