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staff feels that even if the property owners are willing to sell, the Board would want an appraisal first. Commissioner Eggert had no problems with staff recommendations #1, #3 and #4, but suggested the deletion of - recommendation #2, which would commit the County to buying the property no matter what. g Vice Chairman Bowman also suggested the deletion in the last part of the sentence in recommendation #4, which reads "and acquisition procedures initiated." Vice Chairman Bowman asked if anyone wished to speak in this matter. Attorney William Caldwell, owner of approximately 60 acres in this area, understood that the proposed acquisition area goes through some very usable real estate on the river, and in fact, is a total taking. He suggested that rather than just limiting the survey to the eastern border that Boyle Engineering has come up with, the Board might want to extend it to the river in order to get complete legals, topographies and aerials. Commissioner Eggert understood that when we were talking about this before, we were talking about looking at all that land east of Country Club Pointe. Director Davis advised that it would be no problem to expand the scope of the survey to include all the property east of Country Club Pointe to the actual mean high water point of the Indian River, and he did not feel the cost would be that much greater. Commissioner Eggert felt it would be of value to us to know what the cost of the land would be, and then all the people in the area would know exactly what they are dealing with. Attorney Caldwell pointed out that the owners in that area have had a little problem in dealing with the County because the City controls the real estate in that area. They have tried to get both the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and the City Manager to initiate a joint meeting to see if there was 53 SEP 2 2 1987 - BOOK 69 Fu..E 537