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TO READ "COMMISSIONER WODTKE". <br />ON PAGE 4, SIXTH PARAGRAPH, SECOND LINE, "....THE BOARD <br />UNANIMOUSLY AGREED WITH THE RELEASE.ro BE CHANGED TO READ "...TO AGREE:` <br />WITH THE RELEASE...". <br />ON PAGE 15 - RESOLUTION 75-8 - TO INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE <br />OF THE CITRUS INDUSTRY AND THE HOTEL AND MOTEL INDUSTRY. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO.AMEND'RESOLUTION 75-8: <br />TO INCLUDE AMENDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY-COUNTYCOORDINATING <br />COMMITTEE FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING TO INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE <br />OF THE CITRUS INDUSTRY AND THE HOTEL AND MOTEL INDUSTRY, <br />THESE CORRECTIONS HAVING BEEN.MADE, A MOTION WAS MADE BY <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD. <br />UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 5, 1975, <br />AS WRITTEN. <br />PAUL GOODRIDGE AND DALE PATCHETT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR <br />THE PRESERVATION OF MCKEE JUNGLE GARDENS,APPEARED WITH INFORMATION THE - <br />BOARD REQUESTED AT THEIR MARCH 5, 1975 MEETING. <br />A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE GARDENS, FROM JULY, 1974 TO <br />FEBRUARY, 1975 WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ALONG WITH THE COMMITTEES <br />SUGGESTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES OF THE GARDENS. <br />THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM JULY, 1974 TO FEBRUARY 1975 <br />SHOWS A NET LOSS OF $51,667.66. <br />MR. GOODRIDGE STATED THAT HE DISCUSSED WITH THE OWNERS OF THE <br />GARDENS, THE POSSIBILITY OF THEIR CONSIDERING SELLING ONLY THE GARDENS <br />AND NOT.THE OTHER PARCELS LISTED IN THE PACKAGE AND THEY STATED THAT <br />THEY WILL NOT REDUCE THE PRICE OF THE GARDENS. <br />. THEY ARE <br />WILLING TO SELL THE GARDENS WITHOUT THE PARCELS TO THE SOUTH AND <br />TO THE WEST OF THE GARDENS, BUT THEY WILL NOT LOWER THE PRICE. <br />MR. PATCHETT DISCUSSED THE MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES AND SUGGESTED <br />THAT THE GARDENS BE USED AS A COUNTY PARK AND NOT AS A BUSINESS. IF <br />IT IS USED AS A PARK,THE ANIMALS AND CAGES,. THE GIFT SHOP AND GATE <br />FEES COULD BE ELIMINATED, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FIND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS <br />TO MAINTAIN THE GARDEN'S ORCHID DISPLAYS.. .HE CONTINUED THAT THE BEST <br />USE OF THE GARDENS WOULD BE FOR PICNICKING, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL <br />FACILITIES AND BOAT LAUNCHING FACILITIES. <br />THE SECOND CHOICE WOULD BE TO OPERATE THE GARDENS AS THEY ARE'NOk <br />-2.- <br />AR 131975 <br />K avr� <br />BO , PAG l.13 <br />