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CLUB NEEDS THE COUNTY'S HELP TO MAKE FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE DOT FOR PERMISSION TO PLANT THE TREES, COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED ABOUT THE WATERING OF THE TREES. MR. LUETHJE EXPLAINED THAT THE KIWANIS CLUB AND THE CITY WILL TAKE CARE OF THE WATERING, AND AFTER THE TREES ARE ESTABLISHED, THEY SHOULD REQUIRE LITTLE•MAINTENANCE. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HOW LARGE THE HERITAGE OAKS WERE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THEY WERE THE SAME SIZE AS THE OAKS PLANTED ON THE MEDIAN STRIP ON ROUTE 60. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS COMMENTED THAT AFTER RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT, THEY COULD PRESENT THE • PLANS TO THE DOT OFFICE IN FORT LAUDERDALE TO GET THE PROJECT STARTED. .ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE TREE PLANTING PROJECT, AS PRESENTED BY THE VERO-TREASURE COAST KIWANIS CLUB, AND AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN AND ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT THE DOT TO RECEIVE AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED. J. B. EGAN, III,. PRESIDENT OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OF VERO BEACH, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED BATHHOUSE AND RESTROOM FACILITIES AT KIWANIS-HOBART PARK; HE THEN INTRODUCED FRED CARLSEN TO THE BOARD. MR. EGAN CONTINUED THAT THE KIWANIS CLUB HAS NOW REACHED THE $5,000 GOAL SET BY THE COUNTY - THEY HAVE $4,000 AVAILABLE IMMEDI- ATELY, AND WILL HAVE $1,000 AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1979, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS PROGRAM. CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE BOARD ALREADY HAS AUTHORIZED PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY. " DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE COUNTY'S INTENTION TO GO ALONG WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB ON THIS MUCH-NEEDED FACILITY. IT WAS THEN DETERMINED TO ACCEPT THE CLUBS CONTRIBUTION AND ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ACCEPT $4,000 FROM THE KIWANIS CLUB; AND AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE BUILDING OF THE BATHHOUSE AND RESTROOM FACILITIES. 13 JUN 61979 Boa 40 PAGE X88