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Commissioner Scurlock expressed his problem with the last sentence of the Humane Society letter, which states that if the Humane society desires to sell the property, it will first be offered to the County for its appraised value. He stated that he was not particularly interested in receiving $10,000 fQr the property, $1.00 would be fine, but he felt the property should revert to the County at no cost. Mr. Doremus replied that if the Humane Society ever decides to sell the property, it would probably be because of the burden of taking care -of the County contract would be overwhelming. At that point, they would like the County to take over that facility and operate it as an animal control facility, and the Humane Society would then move to another location and carry on more of the anti -cruelty type of work 'it is really designed.to do. The total estimate of building the proposed facility is $350,000; so, if this all reverted at no cost, they then would not be in a financial position to reinvest in another location, which is why they included that provision. If the Humane Society should cease to exist, however, everything, of course, would revert to the County. Commissioner Scurlock continued to discuss the provision to give the County the first right to purchase, and brought up the possibility of obtaining an MIA appraisal and eliminating the cost of the land. He noted that we need a vehicle so that we are consistent about use of public land; we must protect the public interest. Commissioner Lyons stated he would be willing.to go along with the provision if we could recover the land cost. Mr. Doremus stated that the Humane Society feels very strongly that the property should be purchased at a fair purchase price. Discussion followed and the Commissioners felt that something can be worked out through negotiation. 42 61983 It was 5 � PAGE x,54