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MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Fellow Orange County Commissioners <br /> FROM: S. H. Halkiotis <br /> DATE: July 16, 1987 <br /> SUBJECT: Recommendations for a Budget Allocation for the Orange <br /> County Livestock/Horticulture Market and Rural Education <br /> Center <br /> In an effort to provide Commissioners with more information <br /> relative to an "option to purchase" land for the establishment of <br /> the Orange County Livestock/Horticulture Market and Rural Education <br /> Center, Commissioner Halkiotis met with a group of citizens at the <br /> Cedar Grove United Methodist Church on the evening of July 15, <br /> 1987. <br /> Those present at the meeting included the following: <br /> C. B. Pope, Jr. Willie L. Vanhook <br /> W. E. Mainous Barney W. Pittman <br /> Glen Caruthers Dean Deter <br /> Howard Pope Rev. David Harvin <br /> Others who have been asked to serve or who will be asked to serve <br /> include Robert Strayhorn and Milton Latta. <br /> After a detailed examination of the report presented to the <br /> Commissioners on May 19, 1987, the group agreed on the sum of <br /> $25, 000 as the minimum amount necessary to conclude an "option to <br /> purchase" of approximately 40 acres of land. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis asked Rev. Harvin to serve as <br /> Chairperson of the steering group and establish 1 or 2 <br /> subcommittees to investigate both the purchase of land and the <br /> possibilities of land being given to the county by either an <br /> individual or some organization. All of this would be undertaken <br /> once the Commissioners gave the green light to proceed. The green <br /> light would be an affirmative vote to proceed with a $25, 000 budget <br /> allocation. <br /> The steering committee expressed the desirability of working <br /> with individuals and organizations in a quiet manner so as to avoid <br /> any real estate speculation which would in all likelihood <br /> significantly raise the cost of the land. The group felt very <br /> strongly that the location of the center would be crucial to the <br /> successful operation of a farmers ' market and that the entire <br /> proposal would benefit all citizens of Orange County. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis told the group that he would take the <br /> $25, 000 proposal to the Board of County Commissioners and urge its <br /> acceptance. Rev. Harvin will await the decision of the <br /> Commissioners before he begins his assignment as Chairperson. <br /> I urge my fellow Commissioners to send a clear signal to the <br />