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r <br />BOOK 66 Pv E 4?2 <br />In fact, on November 12, 1986, Wally Rich, Chief of the <br />Bureau of Fairs and Expositions, Florida Department of <br />Agriculture and Consumer Services, reviewed the attached <br />Resolution and indicated it would be sufficient to allow the <br />Vero Beach Firefighters Association, Inc. to operate the <br />annual Indian River County fair. <br />It is requested that the Board adopt the attached Resolution <br />authorizing the Vero Beach Firefighters Association, Inc. to <br />operate an annual fair at the Indian River County <br />Fairgrounds from March 20-28, 1987. <br />Commissioner Bird gave a short history of how the Fire- <br />fighters annually held a fair in the City limits but outgrew the <br />space, and this tied in with the development of the fairground at <br />Kiwanis-Hobart Park. An agreement was reached where the <br />Firefighters held their fair at the County fairgrounds, and some <br />of the monies they realize from the fair go to improvements at <br />the fairgrounds. Bill Tripp of the Firefighters then requested <br />that the fair be chartered by the state as a recognized county <br />fair, and accordingly, a fair corporation was set up by former <br />County Attorney Gary Brandenburg. Attorney Vitunac has <br />researched this and does not feel it was set up quite as it <br />should be according to state requirements, and he is now in the <br />process of setting up a new corporation. <br />Commissioner Bird informed the Board that the Firefighters <br />latest major project is to construct at the fairgrounds at their <br />expense an 18,000 sq. ft. exhibit building. They have gotten the <br />building designed, have obtained estimates, and a local <br />contractor has indicated he will build this for $120,000. They <br />are on a tight time schedule trying to build the building, and <br />since they don't have the cash up front, their thought was to <br />borrow from a local bank and pay the loan back with the fair <br />proceeds. That is in the works, but it is doubtful all this can <br />come together for this year so they probably will have to rent a <br />- tent again; however, in order to move ahead, the Firefighters <br />need some kind of written agreement with the county so they can <br />operate the fair this coming March as they have done in the past <br />and that is the reason for the proposed Resolution. <br />57 <br />