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MAY 2 6 1987 BOOK, 436 Further, she could not see any necessity for requiring this owner to do a topography survey to determine if it was sand ridge. If there was a little corner that was in question, that is where the study should have taken place. DISCUSSION RE COMPUTERS AND CAD SYSTEM REQUESTED BY PROPERTY APPRAISER Property Appraiser David Nolte reported that his office is in the final stages of preparing their budget for next year and one of the things they are looking to do is get into a program for computer-generated maps. He has received two proposals and the total cost would be approximately $100,000 over a period of 1-2 years. One possible source of funding they would like the Board to consider is the monies generated by selling copies of the maps. At present those monies go directly into the Commission's account, and sales have been running the neighborhood of $12,000-$13,000 a year, and he believed that figure would reach $15,000 this year. Mr. Nolte noted that other counties have experienced continued growth in revenues from the sales of these maps. He asked if the funds generated by the sale of maps could be committed to fund the computer program. Chairman Scurlock wanted to make sure that we could have a fully integrated system with what we are doing in utilities and planning. He believed these maps would be a tremendous asset to the builders and developers in the community and would be highly used for the site plan process. However, he felt that funding from the general fund would have to be part of it. Mr. Nolte believed there would be literally no end to what we could put into this system once it is set up. Commissioner Wheeler recommended that Mr. Nolte take a look at the maps produced by the new computer software in Emergency Management with regard to hurricane warnings, etc. He believed that streets could be added or deleted to the maps, along with 36