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ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH NEITHER OF THE MEN MAKING THIS REQUEST IS PRESENT, THEIR LETTER IS SELF-EXPLANATORY. HE STATED THAT THE UTILITIES ARE NOT ON THESE EASEMENT AND THERE IS NO DRAIN- AGE PROBLEM. HE COULD SEE NO REASON NOT TO RELEASE THE EASEMENTS. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE A STANDARD PRACTICE OF REQUIRING REAR LOT LINE EASEMENTS AND SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IF WE ABANDON ALL THE EASEMENTS AS REQUESTED, THEN THE PEOPLE IN THE NEXT BLOCK MIGHT WISH TO DO THE SAME THING, AND HE FELT JUST TO GENERALLY DROP ALL THESE EASEMENTS MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD POLICY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT THE APPLICANTS STATE THEY WISH TO ENCLOSE THEIR LAND WITHIN A FENCE, BUT DO NOT STATE FOR WHAT PURPOSE. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS FELT THAT MORE SPECIFIC INFORMA- TION WAS NEEDED BEFORE RELEASING ANY EASEMENTS, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO TABLE THE REQUEST OF J. H. FRANK • AND DAN MATTHEWS FOR RELEASE OF EASEMENTS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING IN ORDER THAT MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION MIGHT BE OBTAINED AND INSTRUCTED THE ADMIN- ,ISTRATOR TO SO INFORM MR. FRANK AND MR. MATTHEWS. PAT SIMON AND HANK GRIESE, PUBLIC RELATIONS CONSULTANTS, AP- PEARED. MR. SIMON MADE A PRESENTATION IN REGARD TO THEIR IDEAS FOR ESTAB- LISHING A FELLOWSHIP OF MAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME IN THIS AREA AND ASKED THAT THE COMMISSION DECLARE THE LAST TWO WEEKS IN .JULY NFL SPORTS FESTIVAL WEEK. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE THIS THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAVE A DINNER MEETING SALUTING THE NFL WHERE SOME TYPE OF PLAQUE OR MEDALLION WOULD BE PRESENTED TO TEAM MEMBERS OF THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT IN THE INFORMATION GIVEN THE COMMISSIONERS BY MR. SIMON AND MR. GRIESE, AN $$,200.00 FEE WAS MENTIONED AND ASKED IF THIS WAS MEANT TO BE PER YEAR. MR. SIMON STATED THAT THIS AMOUNT WAS NEEDED MERELY TO GET STARTED AND CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THIS PROJECT ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD HIRED ATTORNEY GORDON ,JOHNSTON TO FORM A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. COMMISSIONER Loy QUESTIONED, MR. SIMON AS TO HIS BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC RELATIONS WORK AND HIS CREDENTIALS. JUL 71976 Qt 26 _ J34