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Z W. AIRMASTERS LEASE AT FAIRGROUNDS <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of March 31, 1999: <br />March 31, 1999 <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />FROM: FRAN B. ADAMS, COMMISSIONER <br />RE: AIRMASTERS LEASE AT FAIRGROUNDS <br />The model airplane club, the Airmasters, currently leases from Indian River <br />County 2.98 acres at the Fairgrounds. They pay $200 per year for the lease. They have <br />always been on time with their payment. <br />The Indian River Archers pay $200 for a 27.4 acre lease and have exclusive use of <br />the property. <br />The Soccer Association leases 16.5 acres at $200 per year and have exclusive <br />right to the fields, meaning no other groups use that area <br />When we leased the soccer fields, we restricted the Airmasters group use of the <br />property because they cannot fly when those fields are in use, due to safety and liability <br />concerns. When there are events at the Fairgrounds, they are unable to use their lease. <br />And when the Fair is operating, their runway is a parking lot. So the Airmasters have in <br />effect been shortchanged in their lease with the County. <br />My suggestion would be to lower the lease amount to $50 per year. They have <br />less than a 3 acre area to work on and their time has been curtailed considerably by the <br />other permitted uses. <br />Attached is a copy of their insurance and the $50 check they had tendered in good <br />faith pending the outcome of our decision. Their lease runs from April 1. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Adams, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Stanbridge, the <br />Board unanimously approved lowering the <br />Airmasters lease amount to $50 per year. <br />APRIL 6, 1999 <br />_53_r <br />BOOK 103 mn <br />L <br />