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FEB 12 mcg 11110K Vti F•?uC 1�4 Commissioner Scurlock advised that he has talked about this to Administrator Chandler. He explained that the Land Acquisition Committee is basically made up of lay people. You, therefore, have a lay committee that has to meet "in the Sunshine;" in other words, they do not have an opportunity to get behind closed doors and discuss what property may be desirable, and this committee has looked at over 10,000 acres. Commissioner Scurlock pointed out that CARL is a voluntary program, and what we have submitted is not a request to purchase anything; it just indicates that what we have submitted for consideration are the only properties in the county that may meet the CARL guidelines. CARL then has to review these and determine if there is a willing seller, et cetera. Because these meetings must be held in the Sunshine, the Press attends and reports all this as best they can. As far as staffing this and Mr. Mannarino receiving no -notice at all, Staff, because of the short time frame for submittal, overlooked it and they apologize for that and Commissioner Scurlock apologized also. Commissioner Wheeler asked if we could direct Staff to write a letter explaining all this to Mr. Mannarino and send a copy to his lost buyer to try to clear this up to some extent. Administrator Chandler informed the Board that he told Mr. Mannarino that he would be happy to talk to the other person involved and confirm that Mr. Mannarino had no knowledge of what was occurring. He advised that under our usual policy when discussing large blocks of property, we do not contact owners until we get to a specific proposal. Mr. Mannarino stated that he would appreciate having such a letter so he can send his lost buyer a copy, but mainly he does not want this to happen to someone again in the future. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Commissioner Eggert, to direct Staff to send a letter to Mr. Mannarino as discussed. Discussion ensued about the fact that this probably will be an on-going problem as quite a few properties are being looked at. Commissioner Scurlock confirmed that over 30 properties were being considered, and we even extended the deadline. This is a dynamic process and even when one property was approved to be recommended Commissioner Bowman suggested another one that hadn't been considered previously. Commissioner Scurlock informed Mr. Mannarino that the next meeting of the Land Acquisition Committee is scheduled for February 20 at 1:00 p.m and felt it might be worth his attending as the appraisals may be done at that time. 18