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L7 Winter Beach Cemetery. A map attached as Exhibit "C" depicts the 19.7 -acre parcel as well as the 38 -acre parcel which the County was willing to encumber to- satisfy the State and Federal requirements for converting the encumbrance. That application process was never completed by DNR in 1983. In mid -1986, this office began investigating the matter and in fact completed and filed a -- _ new application to begin the conversion process again. Unfortunately, the 38 -acre parcel which the County proposed`` -- to substitute for the 19.7 -acre parcel was already dedicated to recreation and was in fact part of the County's new golf course. The Department of Natural Resources has indicated that since the 38 -acre parcel is already part of the park and permanently dedicated 'to outdoor recreation, it is unsuitable as replacement property for the 19.7 "acres. The _ replacement property must be an addition to the recreational - property within the County since there would be a withdrawal of the 19.7 acres from recreational use. (Correspondence from Department of Natural Resources attached as Exhibit rrDn� On January 13 and_ again on February 17,- 1987 the-Boaid discussed the Winter Beach Cemetery situation and the -- potential for transferring the reverter clause to a portion of the proposed Oslo Road purchase. The application for transfer of the reverter clause -must contain a legal description of the specific property to be encumbered, an appraisal of that property, and a -physical description of the property, including topography, geological features, and species diversity. Because this information was not available on February 17, this Board authorized staff to re -visit this issue when the information _ became available. - - Mayes, Sudderth 6 Etheredge, Inc. has completed a master plan of the 40 acres of the Oslo Road parcel*, -and Public Works recently obtained an appraisal of $1.365 million for the entire 76 -acre parcel, done by Armfieid, Wagner. Staff is in the process of negotiating to purchase the parcel. _ Commissioner Bird felt we should follow through on our commitment to the cemetery to allow them the use of this land, but noted that he was not ready to go out and buy a piece of land just for the purpose of replacement. He advised that he has a situation working now where he has requested a donation of some land that he felt would qualify as a replacement, and he would like to see what happens on that before we run out and buy anything. Chairman Scurlock inquired if there was any language in the conveyance when we turned the acreage over to them, requiring that the cemetery be open and non-discriminatory. Attorney Vitunac did not believe that language is in there; it is just stated that it is for the cemetery purposes of the Winter Beach Cemetery Association. L_ 41 BOOK 69 IFav 633