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_I <br />BOOK 41 PAUF.47 <br />EDDIE DILLARD CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AS SPOKESMAN FOR THOSE <br />PRESENT. HE STATED THAT HE KNOWS IT WASN'T PUT UP TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT, <br />BUT A THREE SIDED FENCE WITH BARBED WIRE IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT EVERYONE HE CONTACTED DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE FENCE BEFORE <br />IT WENT UP, AND THEY HAVE 900 SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT THE <br />FENCE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RESTROOMS AND BELIEVE THEY COULD BE <br />FENCED, BUT THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE NOTHING AT ALL THAN THE PRESENT <br />FENCE. HE STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN PEOPLE SITTING THERE DRINKING ALCOHOL <br />AND SMOKING POT, AND THE SHERIFF DIDN'T ARREST THEM. <br />A LADY RESIDENT OF THE AREA INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE HAS <br />HELPED TRY TO GUARD THE FENCE AS REQUESTED AND STATED SHE DID GIVE HER <br />NAME AS A WITNESS TO ONE MAN SHE SAW DAMAGE THE FENCE, BUT THE OTHER <br />DAMAGE WAS DONE WHEN THE BEACH WAS UNGUARDED. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT GOOD USE THE INTERIOR OF THE <br />PARK CAN BE PUT TO AT NIGHT. <br />MR. DILLARD STATED THAT THEY USE IT TO HAVE A PLACE TO PARK <br />WHERE THEY WON T BE VANDALIZED WHEN THEY GO ON THE BEACH TO WATCH TURTLES, <br />AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN STATED THAT THEY USE IT TO GO OUT EARLY MORNING <br />FISHING. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THERE IS VANDALISM ALL OVER THE COUNTY <br />AT MEMORIAL ISLAND AND THE NEW BRIDGE, ETC. - NOT JUST WABASSO BEACH, <br />ONE LADY COMMENTED THAT THE FIRST PLACE SHE BRINGS VISITORS <br />IS TO SEE THE OCEAN NO MATTER WHAT THE HOUR AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE <br />FENCE IS A DISGRACE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT THE BOARD HAS SPENT HOURS TALKING <br />ABOUT PLANS FOR THIS PARK FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND DID FIND $25,000 <br />SO THEY COULD TRY TO MAKE A BETTER FACILITY FOR EVERYONE. IT WAS FELT <br />IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT OF $25,000, WE WANTED TO BE ASSURED <br />THE FACILITIES WOULD BE PROTECTED AND WE MADE THE DECISION TO PUT UP <br />THE FENCE. THE BOARD HAD NO INTENTIONS OF RESTRICTING ANYONE FROM USING <br />THE PARK. HE NOTED THAT IT SEEMS WE ARE DARNED IF WE DO AND DARNED IF <br />WE DON T, AND COMMENTED THAT THE BEACH BELONGS TO EVERYONE, BUT BOATS <br />AND CARS SHOULD NOT BE GOING OVER THE DUNES. <br />1 "0 <br />