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even actively work against it and still not violate the terms of the agreement. Commissioner Wodtke thanked the Chairman for calling this special meeting to revisit the issue. He explained that at the time this first came up he had concerns that the County's 90 acres could be just the amount needed to put it over the edge to allow the referendum to be held. He understood why the Commission did agree to sign the consent card in an effort to avoid future problems over park development, but also understood why the property owners could misconstrue this action as indicating that the County favored the annexation and felt they were being "thrown to the wolves." Commissioner Wodtke, therefore, wished to have an opportunity to say that the South Beach area is about the nicest area in the county, the best developed and with the highest values; it is a very important asset to the County and a significant part of our tax base, and he saw no real need to have this County land in the City of Vero Beach as he believed the utility problem can be solved whether this land is in the City of Vero Beach or not. Commissioner Wodtke continued that although he could not make a Motion to reconsider the Board's action because he was not present at the time it was taken, he would strongly urge that they do reconsider. He personally would like to rescind the card and the agreement, and then if the remaining amount of the property in the South Beach is enough to justify a referendum and annexation does occur, he would hope and expect that we can sit down with reasonable City Council members and work out our problems. Chairman Scurlock felt it is obvious that things have changed since the Commission took action, and he personally would.like to ask the City to return our consent card and let the annexation stand on its own merit, but not necessarily take away the agreement regarding development of 3 APR 10 1984 BOOK 56 PAGE 67,5,