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FF' JUN 15 1993 BOOK 89 859 ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Macht, the Board unanimously (4-0, Commissioner Bird being absent) agreed to expedite gathering of information on the 3rd cent tourist tax, and to work with the County Administrator to schedule a joint meeting with the city council as soon as possible to discuss bonding out a portion of the tourist tax revenue for the beach restoration proj ect. DISCUSSION REGARDING MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS Commissioner Macht distributed copies of the following letter, which is an example of his response to several requests f or some of the $26 million in Land Acquisition Advisory Committee funds to be used to purchase McKee Jungle Gardens: May 10, 1993 Me. Jeanne Taylor 25-203 Vista Gardens Vero Beach, FL 32962 Dear Ms. Taylori. Ll Thank you* for your letter about McKee Jungle Gardens. 1, too, wish that the remainder of the original Gardens could be saved for public use as a park. Unfortunately, LAAC funds cannot be used for that purpose. Inasmuch as a referendum for the purpose of acquisition of that property failed, it would be unethical to provide publiclunding for the same purpose. It would, in effect, be an "end run" around the ex ressed public mandate. .p I do support and would contribute to a private initiative to acquire and improve the Gardens into a park reserve. Our community has a brilliant history of rising to worthwhile private efforts such as the Center for the Arts, the Riverside Theatre, the Samaritan Center, the Environmental Learning Center and many more. If the general public perceives the need, then leadership and determination can do the job, Thanks again for caring enough to write. Persons such as yourself make our community a beautiful place in which to live. Yours truly, Kenneth R. Macht County Commissioner and Chairman, Land Acquisition Advisory Committee 60 -I