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F'T..._ APR 10 1994 BOOK 56 PAGE 60 emphasized that if enough acreage is represented, there will be a vote and a vote only of property owners. Mr. Byers, resident of the area, expressed the feeling that the City Council has tried to ram this thing down the citizens throats willy-nilly and told a little fable about a farm wife feeding her chickens to demonstrate the point that the City gets all the benefits while the.people just get chickenfeed. Cynthia Peterson, resident of west Indian River County, made the point that she owns property in Castaway Cove, but she will not be allowed to vote on the annexation. Chairman Scurlock noted that his suggestion at this point was only to request the City to return our consent card. He did not want to break our contract with the City, but would like to reconsider the issue. Mr. Cochrane re-emphasized his feeling that the card and the contract go hand in hand. He felt it is paradoxical that on one hand the County wishes to renege on one contract while, on the other hand, they wish to enforce another. He wondered how the City will know what to believe in the future when they sign a contract with the county. Commissioner Wodtke felt it is a shame that the County government and the municipal government can't work together and that we get so fearful that some municipal government will not allow us to control the park as we want to, that we can be blackmailed to the extent that we have to send a card in to assure this cooperation. Commissioner Wodtke stressed that he can overlook the past and say let's just talk about the annexation and not worry about the park situation. He would like to look at the annexation on its own merit. MOTION WAS MADE BY Commissioner Wodtke, SECONDED by Commissioner Bird, to rescind the Board's previous action and ask the 10 17- J