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0 <br />4 <br />ROBERT ALBRIGHT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS OBTAINING - <br />A FRANCHISE FOR A CONCESSION TO RENT BEACH EQUIPMENT AT WABASSO <br />BEACH. HE FELT WITH THE PUBLIC BEACHES GROWING AS THEY ARE THAT <br />IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEE THESE THINGS DONE UNDER FRANCHISE TO. RETAIN <br />SOME CONTROL, MR. ALBRIGHT NOTED THAT HE COULD BE IN OPERATION <br />TOMORROW SELLING ALMOST ANYTHING AT WABASSO BEACH JUST BY <br />OBTAINING A $15.00 LICENSE, AND CONTINUED THAT RIGHT NOW SUCH THINGS <br />AS LOBSTERS,'TOMATOES, SHELLS AND RUGS ARE BEING SOLD THERE,AND IT <br />IS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE A FLEA MARKET. MR, ALBRIGHT STATED THAT <br />HE WOULD APPPECIATE GUIDELINES FROM THE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT WE ARE <br />LAX IN THIS AREA AND THAT IT HAS GOTTEN TO WHERE EVERYONE AND <br />HIS BROTHER ARE SELLING ALL KINDS OF THINGS IN FRONT OF WABASSO <br />BEACH. HE NOTED THAT THIS, IN ADDITION, IS CREATING A TRAFFIC <br />HAZARD, AND HE FELT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF CONTROL. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED CALLS <br />FROM THE SUMMERPLACE ORGANIZATION ABOUT THIS SITUATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED LEGALLY IN <br />SETTING UP A FRANCHISE OF THIS TYPE. HE NOTED WE COULD HAVE A <br />NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AND WOULD CERTAINLY NOT ISSUE DUPLICATE <br />FRANCHISES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT ALL THE FRANCHISES THE COUNTY <br />HAS ISSUED HAVE DEALT PRIMARILY WITH THE UTILITY AREA AND HAVE <br />BEEN ALLOWED.UNDER A SPECIAL ACT. HE CONTINUED THAT BEACH CONTROL <br />CONCESSIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION, BUT <br />FELT THE BOARD COULD, BY ORDINANCE, ESTABLISH CONTROLS AND THE <br />RIGHT TO ISSUE EITHER A LICENSE OR FRANCHISE. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO <br />RESTRICT THE SALE OF ANYTHING ON COUNTY PROPERTY, AND SHE FELT <br />ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE TRYING TO CONCENTRATE SOME EFFORT ON <br />WABASSO BEACH THIS YEAR, THAT SOME CONTROLS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED. <br />THE BOARD ASKED IF MR. ALBRIGHT INTENDED TO RENT SURFBOARDS <br />AND RELATED PRODUCTS OR HAVE ANY FOOD. <br />MR. ALBRIGHT STATED THAT HE IS THINKING ABOUT RUBBER RAFTS <br />%2 <br />�:34 PA -UF 513 <br />