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went to the City and they agreed to give us clear title to our old <br />library which we thought would be a good idea because that would <br />allow the County if they so desired to sell the building, get the <br />money and use it for whatever they wanted to. The City hoped the <br />money would be used for books and Chairman Eggert strongly wants it <br />used for books and other internal requirements, but to accomplish <br />that the County Commission would have to put a restriction on <br />itself. Since the building may not be sold for years and years and <br />this Commission may not be here, we thought that we could adopt an <br />ordinance so that it would be a formal record for future staffs and <br />Commissions that if they ever do sell that building, this <br />Commission here hopes the money would go for books. A future <br />Commission could repeal that ordinance at anytime, of course, but <br />at least it would cause them to take formal action to change the <br />feeling of this Commission in 1992. <br />Chairman Eggert stressed that the spirit in which the old <br />library was given was that the money be used for books. If the <br />building is sold in 5 or 10 years down the line, the money could be <br />used for books, furnishings and other internal requirements for <br />branch libraries which we will be building in the future. That <br />would open it up some, because the proceeds from the old library <br />were to go straight to the new main library. <br />Commissioner Wheeler didn't have a problem with that, but if <br />the ordinance is written in such a way that the funds will be <br />library related, the County Commission sitting at that time simply <br />could reduce the amount of funds being spent out of the general <br />fund that budget year. He didn't know that it was necessary to <br />encumber the deed with the language that the funds derived from the <br />sale of the old library could be used only for libraries because <br />the Commission sitting at that time could side step it. <br />Chairman Eggert didn't feel it could be side stepped that <br />easily with that language included. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt the proper approach would be to <br />modify the deed restriction that the City of Vero Beach has, <br />because that would require a future Commission to take two actions <br />if they tried to use the funds for any other purpose. They would <br />have to repeal an ordinance and change a deed restriction. <br />Commissioner Bird preferred not to have us leave ourselves at <br />the mercy of a future City Council. He would feel more comfortable <br />if we could get control of it totally within the County. <br />Attorney Vitunac advised that method would never work because <br />we would never be able to sell the property. We have clear title <br />to the building and the Board can refuse it or accept it and pass <br />an ordinance setting restrictions. <br />41 <br />FEB it 1992 <br />BOOK ;%. f,WE 550 <br />