By Bob Cuddy -- The sale of a 584-acre portion of the Oceano Dunes by the county to the state is creeping back into the arena, as the state seeks public comment on the proposal, which was sidelined for months.A so-called “scoping meeting” seeking the public’s point of view will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Ramona Garden Park Center, 993 Ramona Ave. in Grover Beach.The meeting, called by the state Department of Parks and Recreation Off Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, caught the county off-guard. The county had been negotiating to sell its portion of the beach, but those negotiations have been on a back burner in recent months, county officials said.

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