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MR. SIMON STATED THAT HE HAD WORKED WITH WMAL OUT OF WASHINGTON, <br />DeC., UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AND HAD ALSO PRO- <br />DUCED A NUMBER OF TALK SHOWS AND WON NATIONAL AWARDS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT HE FELT BASICALLY THE IDEA COULD <br />BE A VERY FINE THING FOR THIS AREA, BUT AS FAR AS MONEY IS CONCERNED, HE <br />DOUBTED WHETHER ..THE COUNTY LEGALLY COULD GET INVOLVED. HE FELT SUCH A <br />PROJECT WOULD FALL MORE WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF -THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE <br />AND ALSO NOTED THAT BEFORE ANY FUNDS COULD BE SOLICITED, THE PROMOTERS <br />WOULD NEED A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE NFL. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER WODTKE <br />THAT THE INITIATION OF SUCH A PROJECT SHOULD COME FROM A PRIVATE SECTOR <br />AND THEN IF IT MEETS WITH THEIR APPROVAL AND THE APPROVAL OF THE NFL, HE <br />FELT THE COMMISSION MIGHT BE RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA, BUT THESE OBSTACLES <br />MUST BE OVERCOME BEFORE ANY PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT CAN BE INITIATED. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO DECLARING THE LAST TWO WEEKS <br />IN JULY NFL SPORTS FESTIVAL WEEK AND URGING THE CITIZENS AND CLUBS IN THE <br />COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED MR: SIMON THAT AS <br />CHAIRMAN HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION, AND IF MR. SIMON <br />WOULD CONTACT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND GET THEIR BACKING ON THIS PRO— <br />POSAL, HE WOULD THEN ISSUE A PROCLAMATION IN REGARD TO SPORTS FESTIVAL <br />WEEK, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, <br />'THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY INSTRUCTED THE ATTORNEY TO DRAW UP A RESOLUTION <br />WELCOMING THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS BACK TO THE COUNTY AFTER A YEARS ABSENCE <br />AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO DELIVER IT. <br />THE HOUR OF 0:30 O'CLOCK A.M. HAVING PASSED, THE DEPUTY CLERK <br />READ THE FOLLOWING NOTICE WITH PROOF OF PUBLICATION ATTACHED, TO—WIT: <br />7 <br />I <br />