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agencies where a unit will decide to purchase enough land

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for a school or a park, or some other such thing, which is

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kept generally secret. However, as soon as the news either

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leaks out or gets out, there is a lot of speculation in the

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area which drives prices up.

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Now, did you consider the problem and, if you

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did, how did you resolve that?

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DEPUTY WILLONER: Well, we resolved it only

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in the way that it is being resolved today, and again we

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would expect the legislature to provide -- and I would

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read section D of the statute:

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"Matters which you have discussed in public

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would be likely to benefit the parties whose interests

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are adverse to those of the general community. This

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provision shall include but not be limited to the

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acquisition of land."

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We did have some discussion, and the general

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feeling of the committee was that this was still an appro-

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priate area to protect.

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DELEGATE JAMES: Any further questions for

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purposes of clarification?