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to tell the Cabinet members to set aside the so-called settlement and let the courts finish their <br />deliberations. We still do not know what we are negotiating. <br />Chairman Ginn thought it necessary to work on this to see if an agreement can be <br />reached with the State and Lost Tree to get the islands under public ownership. If that is not <br />the goal, then she needed to know the direction Vice Chairman Stanbridge was planning to <br />take before she could support the motion. She brought up a letter that had been written <br />concerning a DCA settlement wherein it stated that it was not feasible or desirable for the <br />County to purchase the islands. <br />Vice Chairman Stanbridge defended the letter as being appropriate at the time and <br />under the conditions, but Chairman Ginn thought this had polarized the community. <br />Chairman Ginn believed they have not kept faith with the public and the islands have <br />been minimized on the LAAC priority list. She found it difficult to understand why the <br />others objected to proceeding in this way when the islands are under direct threat of <br />development. <br />Commissioner Tippin called for the question. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE QUESTION and the motion <br />carried 4-1 (Chairman Ginn opposed). <br />Chairman Ginn stated this vote did not preclude her, as Chairman, from doing things <br />on her own which she has already undertaken as of last week. She was not at liberty to relate <br />what those things were. <br />13.D. COMMISSIONER MACHT - PURCHASE HUD OWNED <br />HOME FOR ONE DOLLAR - 584 5TH STREET SW, VERO BEACH <br />Commissioner Macht reviewed the information below. He advised that he had seen <br />the home and it was in a very nice neighborhood and recommended the Board approve the <br />February 13, 2001 <br />157 <br />BK 117 PG 169 <br />