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• When people talked about Old Winter Beach Road, they were talking about the roads on the mainland. Therefore, when the County abandoned all County Roads in 1959, it -did not abandon the road on Hole -in -the -Wall Island. He told all this to the SJRWMD attorney last night, she was unimpressed. It did not matter to her whether it was a State Road or not, the Governing Board liked the idea of opening it up (for water retention). In response to Chairman Macht's request for a meaning of "opening it up", County Attorney Vitunac stated they wanted to breach the road so it would not act as a dyke for internal water retention. Commissioner Stanbridge strongly advocated the retention of this roadbed, not based solely on its history, but for its legitimate position in long-range planning because the County still has bridgeheads on both sides of the river which may need to be used in the future. Chairman Macht submitted it also should be noted that Horse's Head, Ltd. is an associate or successor to Lost Tree Village Corporation. He continued that it is also very interesting and disquieting that Governor Jeb Bush's appointment to the Board of Directors of SJRWMD is an engineer who either worked for them (HHL or LTVC) or was a consultant. Vice Chairman Adams inquired whether anyone had spoken with Henry Dean, the Executive Director of the SJRWMD about these concerns. Commissioner Stanbridge had not because she was trying to learn if they had pulled the item from their agenda. If so, she felt it would stay off the agenda until the legal question is resolved. Chairman Macht asked if the Murphy Act would produce a strong enough question to do that. County Attorney Vitunac responded that was not the concern of the SJRWMD. He wanted to FAX a letter to them before 1 p.m. saying that we claim the County still has title to that road and Horse's Head does not have a right to that road. Vice Chairman Adams thought if there is a concern about an unethical relationship of one of their governing members, it needed to be stated in the letter to be faxed so it would be out on the table. Commissioner Stanbridge cautioned that even if the person in question abstained, the vote would be very hard to undo. County Attorney Vitunac suggested that he and Commissioner Stanbridge call Mr. Dean at the conclusion of the meeting. July 13, 1999 79 BOOK iU PAGE - • J