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I <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />DATE: July 17, 2000 <br />SUBJECT:Pro osed Memorandum of Understanding - Dodgers <br />FROM: Ae—sE. Chan e'r, County Administrator <br />The proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dodgers has been <br />completed and distributed. Therefore, as suggested at last weeks Board meeting, staff <br />recommends a joint meeting of the Board and City Council to consider the MOU. Monday <br />afternoon, July 24 is proposed. A potential conflict with a Code Enforcement Board meeting <br />that afternoon in the Commission Chambers has been resolved. <br />County Administrator Chandler noted that the County's bond counsel from <br />Tallahassee, Bob Reid, should be here by 12:30. He then introduced the following <br />individuals: Craig Callan, Dodgertown Managing Director; Gary Ehrlich, Executive Vice <br />President of Sports Enterprises (FOX); Bob Graziano, Chief Operating Officer of the Los <br />Angeles Dodgers; Sam Fernandez, Legal Counsel for the Los Angeles Dodgers; and George <br />deGuardiola, President of deGuardiola Corporation, the developer. <br />Rex Taylor, City of Vero Beach City Manager, commented that he has been involved <br />in working on this transaction for 3 years. There was a need to change the state law to allow <br />utilization of a portion of the Tourist Tax for this purpose and it was only this year that the <br />Legislature approved funding for spring training facilities. <br />BK 18 4 P6 308 <br />JULY 249 2000 -2- 0 <br />