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KENNETH PANGBURN, A MEMBER OF THE WABASSO CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, <br />DISCUSSED A MEETING HELD WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS OVER TWO YEARS AGO, AND <br />STATED THAT TO THIS DAY THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN INFORMED ABOUT THE COUNTY'S <br />PLANS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PARK OR THAT A FENCE WAS GOING TO BE <br />ERECTED. MR. PANGBURN FURTHER STATED THAT THE WABASSO CITIZENS ASSOCIA- <br />TION IS A PARTY TO THE .JOHN'S ISLAND WATER SITUATION, AND THEY APPEARED <br />AT A COUNTY MEETING AND ASKED THAT THEIR ASSOCIATION BE NOTIFIED OF ANY <br />DISCUSSION ABOUT WATER IN THE COUNTY, HE DID NOT BELIEVE THEY HAVE EVER <br />RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED BEACH IMPROVEMENT <br />OR THE WABASSO ACQUIFER. HE CONTINUED THAT BEFORE THE FENCE WAS ERECTED <br />HE DID NOT FEEL THE PUBLIC KNEW WHAT AREA OF THE BEACH THE COUNTY OWNED, <br />AND NOW THAT IT IS CLEARLY INDICATED WHAT A SMALL AREA OF PUBLIC BEACH <br />THERE IS, HE FELT THE PUBLIC IS DISTURBED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE <br />BEEN USING THE ADDITIONAL PRIVATE LAND OVER THE YEARS AND NOW THEY CAN'T. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT HE HAD A POINT, BUT BELIEVED WE SHOULD <br />KNOW WHAT IS PUBLIC AND WHAT IS PRIVATE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED MR. PANGBURN IF HE HAD VOTED ON THE <br />TOURIST TAX AND WHETHER HE KNEW THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS CONTEMPLATED FOR <br />WABASSO BEACH WERE A PART OF THAT TOURIST TAX. THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN <br />THE LOCAL PAPERS, AND HE COULD, THEREFORE, NOT UNDERSTAND WHY NO ONE <br />KNEW ABOUT IT. <br />MANY PRESENT SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE PLANS FOR THE <br />PARK AND THAT NOTHING WAS PUBLISHED ABOUT IT. <br />A LADY IN THE AUDIENCE ASKED IF THE COUNTY HAD PERMITS TO <br />PUT UP THE FENCE AND STATED THAT SHE FELT THE $7,000 SPENT FOR THE FENCE <br />COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SPENT FOR SALARY FOR ANOTHER SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING <br />PERMITS FOR THE BOARDWALK AND IT IS NOT REQUIRED THAT THE COUNTY GET <br />PERMITS TO ERECT A FENCE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE <br />FENCE DID NOT COST $7,000 AND A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SALARY AMOUNTS TO A <br />GOOD DEAL MORE THAN THAT. THOSE PRESENT CONTINUED TO OBJECT TO THE <br />APPEARANCE OF THE FENCE AND ASKED HOW A THREE -SIDED FENCE PREVENTS <br />FURTHER VANDALISM. <br />AUG 81979105 1 PAGF 48 <br />