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Commissioner Wheeler expressed his interest in exploring this possibility as he believed this property, which is becoming extinct, may be potentially even more valuable to the county than the wetlands. Chairman Scurlock further noted that it is buildable, and Commissioner Wheeler stated that he would like to pursue this in the Light of having a county park or possibly for disposal of effluent. Chairman Scurlock believed some message has gotten out that the county has used impact fees to acquire land, and that is absolutely incorrect. He confirmed that the Utility staff has indicated a very significant desire to reserve land for effluent disposal, particularly in the south county where there are no golf courses, but impact fees have not been used for this purpose. Commissioner Wheeler noted that the Mooney property is adjacent to Hobart Park and asked if it would be possible to swap some of the rights and uses of these properties. Chairman Scurlock advised that we were told that in order to allow the cemetery to use the 17 acres of park property, we would have to replace them with a like 17 acres. He did not' know if effluent disposal is a possibility on this property or not as he has not talked with Utility Director Pinto about it. As to generating funds for such a purchase, he believed one potential source may be the franchise fees that we acquired from the City of Vero Beach, which are generating about $700,000 this year, and we also could do the same as we did with the Beach Bonds. Commissioner Eggert asked if you don't change scrub land when you put effluent on it, and the Chairman stated that he did not know. He noted that we do have a requirement in regard to providing 10 day storage of effluent, and possibly this property could be used for that purpose where there would not be any effluent going into it except in some very specific short duration periods of heavy rainfall. MAY 19 1987 59 BOOK 68 F Jr 3 /6