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0 <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER BROUGHT UP THE.MATTER OF THE TENNIS <br />COURT PROJECT AT NORTH GIFFORD PARK. <br />MRS. WALTER JACKSON CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AS SPOKESMAN FOR <br />THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE TO MAKE AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE <br />WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TENNIS COURTS. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS <br />HERE WHEN THE;BOARD COMMITTED THEMSELVES IN SPECIFIC TERMS IN REGARD <br />TO THE TENNIS COURTS AND WAS VERY HAPPY, BUT WHEN SHE READ THE CORRE- <br />SPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. REGAN AND MR. LUNDY AND HEARD THIS PROJECT WAS <br />BEING HELD UP, HER HEART BLED. SHE APPEALED TO THE BOARD TO HELP THEM <br />SO THEY CAN MAKE USE OF THE CETA FUNDS WHICH AMOUNT TO OVER $7,000 AND <br />STATED THAT UNLESS THIS HELP IS RECEIVED, THE BOARD WILL BE DEPRIVING <br />THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT BADLY NEEDS RECREATION TO DEVELOP ROUNDED <br />PERSONALITIES. MRS. JACKSON CONTINUED THAT "AS A PEOPLE WHO ARE THE <br />LAST TO BE HIRED AND THE FIRST TO BE FIRED," THE BOARD'S CONTRIBUTION <br />WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO HELP DEVELOP, AND THEY ARE AT THE BOARD'S MERCY-. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED MRS. .JACKSON THAT WHEN THIS MATTER <br />WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD, THE BOARD WAS ASSURED INA LETTER FROM <br />MR. LUNDY AS PRESIDENT OF THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE, THAT IF <br />THE COMMISSION WOULD DO CERTAIN THINGS, THE PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE <br />AND THE CHURCHES WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO FINISH THE PROJECT. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZED THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR TO GO IN AND PUT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FILL.AND GRADE, <br />SUBJECT TO MR. LUNDY'S ASSURANCE THAT THE FUNDS WERE THERE TO FINISH <br />THE PROJECT - TO ASPHALT THE COURTS, PUT THE NETS UP, THE LIGHTS, ETC. <br />MRS. JACKSON FELT THAT MR. LUNDY HAS OVERSTATED. SHE NOTED <br />THAT IT IS THEIR OFF SEASON, SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT EATING, AND FELT THAT <br />IT IS ASKING TOO MUCH OF A DEPRIVED'PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH $4,000 BY <br />AUGUST 31ST. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT $50,000 HAS BEEN SPENT ON <br />THIS PARK OVER THE LAST YEAR. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE BOARD AGREED TO <br />EXACTLY WHAT MR. LUNDY AND THE GROUP WHO WERE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING <br />ASKED FOR AND NOTED THAT THIS NOW IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT REQUEST. <br />MRS. .JACKSON REQUESTED THAT HE ANSWER IT IN THAT LIGHT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT EXPLAINED THAT THE STIPULATIONS WERE <br />MADE BECAUSE IF THE MARL WAS PUT IN AND THE GRADE SET, AND THE MONEY <br />52 <br />book' FAGr � <br />