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COMMISSIONER LOY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AS OF EARLY <br />THIS MORNING, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />IS IN RECEIPT OF A QUIT CLAIM DEED FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT <br />TO THE PROPERTY WE HAVE APPLIED FOR ON THE OCEANFRONT, KNOWN TO ALL <br />OF US AS THE TRACKING STATION PROPERTY. THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINIS- <br />TRATION DID DECLARE THE LAND SURPLUS AND DID APPROVE THE TWO APPLICA- <br />TIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE USE OF THAT LAND, ONE BEING INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY UNDER THE HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE <br />AND THE OTHER FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR USE OF THE LAND FOR <br />EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS <br />BEEN FORWARDED TO US BY HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE, <br />AND IT REQUIRES THAT IT BE ACCEPTED AND RECORDED. COMMISSIONER LOY <br />BELIEVED THIS IS A TREMENDOUS DAY FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WHEN THE <br />EFFORTS OF SO MANY HAVE COME TO FRUITION IN THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />WILL HAVE AN OCEANFRONT PARK OPEN FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WE ALSO <br />HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING F.I.T. TO THIS COMMUNITY. COMMIS- <br />SIONER LOY WISHED TO PUBLICLY PAY TRIBUTE TO SENATOR LAWTON CHILES <br />FOR HIS EFFORTS AND DEDICATION TO THIS PROJECT AND FELT THAT WITHOUT <br />HIS HELP THIS PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED THE ATTORNEY IF LEGALLY IT WOULD <br />BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE VICE CHAIRMAN SIGN THE ACCEPTANCE, AND ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS STATED THAT IT COULD BE DONE BY MOTION. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER LYONS, TO ACCEPT THE QUIT CLAIM DEED TO THE TRACKING STATION <br />PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE -ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL AND TO AUTHORIZE THE <br />VICE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE ACCEPTANCE OF SAME AND HAVE SAID DEED RECORDED <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE PRESS WOULD <br />RECOGNIZE APPROPRIATELY WHAT COMMISSIONER LOY HAS DONE OVER APPROXI- <br />MATELY TEN YEARS IN OBTAINING THIS BEACHFRONT PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR <br />TiE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER LOY DOGGEDLY KEPT THE MOMENTUM <br />O -E THIS PROJECT GOING FOR ALMOST HER ENTIRE TERM AS A COUNTY COMMIS- <br />SIONER, AND HE COULD NOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT IT IS A DELIGHT TO SEE HER <br />FINALLY ACHIEVE HER GOAL. <br />OCT 2 21980 17 WE 17 <br />� - J <br />