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A called meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was held at 8o'clock P. M. May
25, 1945f at Vero Beach, Florida for the purpose of considering problems connected with access
leading to Blue Cypress Lake.
Present were Commissioner W..C. Graves Jr., R. W. Graves, Albert O. Helseth, Frank
C. Vickers, Douglas Baker, Clerk, County Engineer E. A. Carter and County Attorney Charles A.
Mitchell. Commissioner Glover was absent. Also present were B. L. Holman and Thad H. Carltoni
Discussion was had with regard to injunction suit brought by Mr. Holman against the
Board with regard to a road easement held by the Board] and representing Right -of -May leading
to Blue Cypress Lake. The County Officials expressed themselves as intending to vigorously
contest this suit and to insist upon adequate access for the public to Blue Cypress Lake. in
settlement of the problem, Mr. Holman offered to convey property owned by him to the Board and°
described as the North 500 feet of Lot L and being contiguous to the western shore of the lake
and together with ailed Right -of -Way leading to such property and ;o:. road Right -of -Way would
be a width of 100 feet along the western boundary line of such.Lot L and which offer would be
conditioned upon the Board releasing the present easement which was involved in the suit which
had been instigated recently by Mr. Holman. The Commissioners arranged that a Committee
consisting of Commissioner Graves and Vickers and Engineer Carter would accompany Mr. Holman
to view the site of the property grant and that after viewing the same and considering the
benefit and detrement represented by the proposal the Committee would report to the Board of
County Commissioners for further action. Arrangementwere then made between the Committee and
Mr. Holman,as• td:a specific time for making inspection trip.
There being no further business the Board then adjourned.
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TUESDJ7 JUNE I. 1945
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Court House in
Vero Beach, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, Mme 5, 1945, in regular meeting with the following
members of the Board present: W. C. Graves, Jr., Chairman; Frank C. Vickers, Albert 0. Helsel
and R. t,. Graves. Absent S. E. Glover. Also present were L. B. OSteem, Sheriff, E. E. Carte
County Engineer; Charles L. MitcheD. of the Firm of Mitchell, Smith & Mitchell, Attorney; and
Douglas Baker, Clerk.
Minutes of the previous meetings were read find approved.
The Committee consisting of Commissioner Graves and Vickers and Engineer Carter
reported they had viewed the site of the property offered by B. L. Holman and it was their
opinion that the: proposition offered by Mr. Holman world incur expenses ±n'--. excess of the
County's resources and recommended that the proposition be declined. The Committee's recom-
mendation
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was averted and the proposition of Mr. B. Z. Holman vaaS Submitted was declined.
Honorable A. W. Young, Glen Snodgrass, Charles A. Muster, Frank ITewett and James
together with other citizens and taxpayers Of Indian River County appeared before
and presented their views concerning the proposed Public Park and Bathing Beach for
Also present was Mr. Frank R. Stockton who outlined the proposal in detail from the
up to the present time. After considerable discussion pro and con, the Board decid
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to accept the recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce which reads as follows: "Tie director
recommend that a Committee be establishedby the County Commissioners, in which would be re-