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rv 4 NOV �9�� Bo OK 48 PAGE 06 annexation of any part of the Tracking Station Park property by the Town of Indian River shores. He now proposed an agreement with the Town whereby the plans we currently have for the park would become part of the agreement, as well as the rules, and the Town would agree there is going to be a park there for 99 years and that is the way it would be run. The Mayor of Indian River Shores has indicated he would recommend signing such an agreement. Commissioner Scurlock believed we can enter into an .agreement that will guaranty the use of the park for a public purpose and stated he would support entering into such an agreement. Commissioner Wodtke stated that he could not see any benefit to County residents by allowing this annexation, but he was very much in sympathy with the residents in Pebble Beach Villas and those who wished to remain in the Town, and, therefore, he was willing to change his position to some extent. He preferred not to allow annexation of all of the five acres, but rather just allow 50' or 75' to be annexed, which would become a buffer zone, and have the County retain the area to be utilized as a park. Attorney Collins reminded the Board that the Statutes say you cannot have a corridor connecting two pieces of land; he felt if 500 of the 5 acres were to be annexed, it would not create a corridor. Commissioner Wodtke still favored allowing annexation of no more than 50 or 751, noting that someone would have to challenge such an annexation in court, and the county certainly wouldn't. He had no problem with an agreement as to working with Indian River Shores on the development of the park, but wanted the park in control of the County. Considerable discussion continued as to the time frame, the Town's reaction depending on the action the County takes, and the appropriate amount of land to be annexed.