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Administrator Baird divulged that next week Craig Cowan of the Dodgers would <br />be providing him with the costs of maintaining Dodgertown, and noted that the County would <br />need to determine at what level the facility would be kept open. He informed the Commissioners <br />that there were some other interested parties in the baseball venue, which could not be discussed <br />at this time. <br />Chairman Davis advocated having a temporary plan in place until some type of <br />venue could be secured for Dodgertown. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan observed that the Orioles had told the County to negotiate <br />all it wants, and he wanted to see the County Administrator come back to the next Board meeting <br />with a full-time contract to manage the facility. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner O'Bryan to <br />direct the County Administrator to come up with a <br />Request For Proposal (RFP) for full-time management for <br />the Dodgertown Facility. MOTION DIED FOR LACK <br />OF A SECOND. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan wanted to get an answer from the Orioles, so that the <br />County could move forward on the Dodgertown Facility. <br />Administrator Baird stated that he wanted to establish a temporary management <br />situation because there was another baseball venue which might be interested in running <br />Dodgertown. He added that the other venue would prefer to be sent a letter indicating the <br />County's interest. <br />Chairman Davis was in favor of beginning the aforementioned negotiations. <br />Concluding discussion, Administrator Baird reiterated that there was another <br />venue that was interested in Dodgertown, and that staff would be returning to the Board the first <br />48 <br />November 18, 2008 <br />