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Commissioner Ginn restated her opinion that selling alcohol is not necessary, and it <br />is not what the Board wants in our county. She said we do not have specific guidelines set up and <br />we need to get the guidelines in place first. <br />Discussion continued and it was pointed out that although Mr. McNamara <br />mentioned in his letter that the Police Department would be on hand to prevent incidents at the <br />event, the Police Chief had not previously been contacted and Commissioner Ginn felt that it was <br />wrong for him to mention it in his letter. However, Administrator Chandler explained that it is part <br />of the guidelines that the Police Department will provide security at all events at the stadium. <br />Mr. McNamara stated that the entertainers are standing by and if there is further <br />delay they will not have a concert. <br />Administrator Chandler said up until Friday morning everything was in place until <br />he got a call from the Dodgers that they wanted to defer the policy for one week. <br />Chairman Macht stated we can assume that nothing will go forward until we are <br />satisfied with the extent of the liability coverage and all the other regulations. <br />Commissioner Neuberger spoke in favor of the request. <br />The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION and the MOTION <br />carried 4-1 (Commissioner Ginn opposed). The Board <br />approved the one-time exception of the general rule <br />prohibiting alcohol at the Boys and Girls Clubs event on April <br />3, 2004 at Holman Stadium. <br />Discussion continued and Pastor Scent said if character building is what we are <br />out to do, he did not think we could do it best by endorsing the drinking of alcoholic beverages. <br />Pastor Scent described what it was like when he was a youngster going onto the <br />beach at Sexton Plaza by the Ocean Grill. He told a story dating back to late 1930 about the first <br />motorcycle policeman whose job was to slow down the tourists heading to Miami. He suggests <br />that if we do something to slow down the tourists everybody would get more business. <br />Chairman Macht quipped they would buy everybody in town a new motorcycle. <br />OCTOBER 14, 2003 12 <br />