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AL 6 1983(OOK Billy Graves, owner of the site in question, confirmed that this was misquoted over the telephone, and the price is $7,000 an acre. Commissioner Lyons informed the Board that the Facilities Committee, concurred in the choice of Site 7; they also asked that the County Administrator be given permission to go to the City of Vero Beach and/or the Federal Aeronautics Administration (FAA), and find out if can we lease or buy 5-10 acres of the Airport property. The Committee would prefer 10 acres to assure they were going to be comfortable on this piece of land for long time. It was also felt that at the same time, investigation should be made to see whether some sort of a deal could be made for that much of the adjacent property to the east in case we have a problem with the Airport property. Chairman Bird asked who owns the property immediately to the east of Site 7, and Mr. Davis stated that it is owned by Marshall Barnes and he did not express a desire to sell. Commissioner Wodtke wished to know if the changed price of $7,000 per acre would cause any change in the ranking of the properties. Mr. Pinkerton pointed out that since there is over an 8 point spread between the first choice and second place, it would not cause any change. Discussion followed as to an appropriate Motion, and Commissioner Lyons stated that he agreed with the recommen- dation of Site #7, assuming we can obtain an additional 5-10 acres under a reasonable arrangement and that the water and sewer prices aren't going to be too high. He noted that we aren't too far away from North Gifford Road for sewer. Mr. Davis discussed the size necessary for fire flow, but felt due to the close proximity of County and City services, both would be able to provide services.