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THERE ARE TWO OTHERS AREAS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR IN:ORPORATION. <br />INTO THE SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT, KIWANIS-HOBART PARK AND BLUE CYPRESS LAKE. <br />THE EXPENSES FOR THESE PARKS WOULD BE FOR MAINTENANCE AND COULD POSSIBLY COME <br />OUT OF REVENUE SHARING FUNDS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT COUNTY BEACHES SHOULD BE BROUGHT <br />UP TO SOME STANDARD BEFORE THEY ARE MADE A PART OF THE PROGRAM AS IT WOULD <br />BE UNFAIR TO INCLUDE CITY BEACHES WITHOUT INCLUDE COUNTY BEACHES. THE COUNTY <br />BEACHES MUST BE IMPROVED AND OVER THE YEARS REVENUE SHARING FUNDS CAN BE USED <br />TO BRING THEM UP TO STANDARD, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED AGAIN THAT EVERYTHING DISCUSSED <br />REGARDING COUNTYWIDE RECREATION IS TENTATIVE AND PRELIMINARY, <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED <br />PERSONS APPEARED REPRESENTING THE ASSOCIATION AND ALSO AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, ANL <br />STATED THAT HE DOES NOT SEE RECREATION AS A NECESSARY FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. <br />IT IS, IN HIS OPINION, THE LEAST ESSENTIAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT. MANY CITIZENS <br />IN THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY, ARE HAVING A TIME MAKING ENDS MEET AND <br />ALSO THAT UNEMPLOYMENT IS VERY HIGH. IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT IF THE COUNTY <br />FEELS THAT RECREATION IS IMPORTANT THAT IT BE KEPT WITHIN THE COUNTY MILLAGE <br />AND IF IT IS FELT IT IS NOT NECESSARY, IT SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT WHEN THIS GOES ON THE BALLOT, <br />FULL DETAILS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC. <br />MR. KOOLAGE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ELABORATE RECREATION <br />PROGRAM AND HE WONDERED IF WE ARE GETTING INTO A PLAN THAT IS MORE ELABORATE <br />THEN WE CAN HANDLE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED MR, KOOLAGE NOT TO GET DISCOURAGED <br />BEFORE HE HAS THE BOTTOM COST FIGURES AND WHAT PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERED. <br />PERHAPS THE ELDERLY CITIZENS WILL ACTUALLY REALIZE A SAVINGS BY GOING INTO A <br />COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET THE COST FIGURES <br />FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AND TO OBTAIN MAINTENANCE COSTS OF KIWANIS PARK <br />AND BLUE CYPRESS PARK FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S DEPARTMENT, <br />THE BOARD HAD NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERO <br />BEACH AND THE COUNTY REGARDING RECREATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1975-76 AND <br />AUTHORIZED THE SIGNATURE OF THE CHAIRMAN AND AUTHORIZED THE. FINANCE DEPARTMENT <br />TO RELEASE THE PAYMENT DUE THE CITY. <br />DEC 171975 <br />30 <br />