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referendum would be held, and Mr. Young stated,it would be scheduled in the March election. Charles Block, as president of one of the associations in the county, wished to know how many acres are involved in the annexation and how many of those acres are in Round Island Park. He was informed it was 1520 acres total, and Round Island Park is 91 acres. Mr. Block also wished to know the process after consent of the owners of more than 500 of the acreage is obtained. Mr. Young stated that when they get an indication of the feelings of the larger owners, they then would have a mail -out to all property owners in the area and tally them and then schedule the annexation question in March and have a formal vote. Attorney Vitunac confirmed that first they -need a majority of the acreage and then a majority of the vote. Chairman Scurlock believed last time when the law was different and required the inclusion of our property, we were reluctant to commit our acreage because of the message it might send. John Mead, resident of Seagrove, could not understand why the county wants to give up the property and the revenue that comes from that property. The last time this came up, he was president of the Property Owners Association in Seagrove and at that time felt they were much better off to be under the county government, and he still feels that way. Now, it seems that there is a joint group of Property Owners Associations that feet they would be better off annexed into the City, that they could get better attention to their roads, better police protection, etc. Mr. Mead noted that he has been in Seagrove since 1979, and he has never been aware of any problem with police protec- tion; they have their own private roads and take care of them themselves; and as to garbage collection, they don't have alleys and can't put their garbage in back of the house. He felt the garbage probably would end up much more costly. As to taxes, he l JUN 23 1987 39 BOOK D U fA,u� hcie"-I