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MINUTES OF SPECIAL
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 3, 1971
1 INTRODUCTION A special meeting of the City Council
of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was held
at the City Hall on November 3, 1971,
with the following members present:
Mayor, Maurice McLaughlin
Councilmen
George Palmer
H. C. Van Buskirk
Joe Guidry
Hurdis Brock
Art Schweizer
Fred Hedrick ~ r.
C. R. Rigdon, Jr. **
Mayor called the special meeting to order,
annou~ cing that no waiver was necessary
since more than 24 hours notice had been
given, and that the purpose of the meeting
was to discuss a request from Ronald
Blake for land in the City' s Industrial
Park.
Mr. Blake and Mr. Don discussed the
Evans
remaining acreage in the park and cited
that they required 2 acres with an option
to purchase more than 2 acres. The
company
which is going concern would manufacture
product, would construct a building
a
initially of 40 x 150'; try to be in
production by January 1; begin operations
with 8 employees; the operation would be
clean; and there would be no residue.
Manager asked Mr. Blake if his company
I would accept deed restrictions limiting
land
and
problem.
use
Mr.
to manufacturing
Evans agreed this
and
would
Mr.
be
Blake
no
A location in the park acceptable to
Mr. Blake and the Council was chosen and
Mr. Palmer then moved that the minimum
price of$~, OOO: per acre for 4 acres -
f .'(.
Per correction ma d e at regular meeting of 11- 23- 71.
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2 be purchased now and the option for
to
1 year for 2 acres more - be set for the
bid advertisement. Motion seconded by
Mr. Guidry and carried unanimously.
Mr. Guidry noted that the desire of the
Shrine Club for Council' feeling
s
for leasing for approximate 20 years
a
parcel in the Industrial Park for use
as a fair site with the Shrine Club' s
being willing to return the land to the
City at any time the City needed it.
Mr. Rigdon asked Council to think about
the idea of the Shrine Club before the
next regular meeting since no official
action could be taken at this meeting
without a signed waiver.
ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 4: 50 p. m.
APPROVED:~: Z3J If1/
MAYOR:~ ~;:
MAURICE MC LA GHL
j
ATTESTS:
L/~.
CHARLES
City
H. EVANS
Clerk- Finance t,-~
Director