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EDDIE DILLARD FELT THE PARK IS NOT BIG ENOUGH AND THE COUNTY <br />SHOULD GET MORE PROPERTY. ANOTHER MAN IN THE AUDIENCE STATED THAT THE <br />PEOPLE DON T GO THERE TO USE IT AS A PARK, BUT JUST AS A MEANS OF GETTING <br />TO THE BEACH AND THE FEWER THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE MORE SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE. <br />THOSE PROTESTING STATED THAT IF THE FENCE IS LEFT, IT WILL BE COMPLETELY <br />DESTROYED. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE HAD REACHED A STATE OF <br />MIND WHERE HE WAS READY TO ROLL UP HIS FENCE AND STEAL AWAY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE SITUATION <br />REQUIRES THAT WE FENCE THE AREA. HE ASKED THE ADMINISTRATOR HOW MANY <br />TIMES WE HAVE PUT RUNNING WATER AT WABASSO BEACH. <br />ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS STATED THAT THE PEOPLE HERE ALREADY <br />KNOW THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO PUT IN VARIOUS FACILITIES SEVERAL TIMES OVER <br />THE YEARS, BUT THE RESTROOMS WERE TORN DOWN BECAUSE OF VANDALISM AND <br />EVERYTHING WE TRIED TO PUT IN THERE WAS EITHER STOLEN, DESTROYED OR MADE <br />UNFIT FOR USE, HE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT A PREVIOUS BOARD CONTACTED <br />THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE SOUTH AND TRIED TO BUY ADDITIONAL LAND TO <br />EXTEND THE PARK BUT THE OWNERS WERE NOT INTERESTED IN SELLING. WE <br />WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ONE ADDITIONAL LOT TO THE NORTH. <br />MR. PANGBURN STATED THAT MR. MICHAEL HAD RAISED A QUESTION AS <br />TO OWNERSHIP OF THE PARK, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR REPLIED THAT IF ANYONE <br />FEELS THE BOARD DOES NOT OWN THE PARK, HE FELT THEY SHOULD GO TO COURT <br />AND TRY TO TAKE IT BACK. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER LYONS, TO REMOVE THE FENCE AT THIS TIME AND NOT MAKE ANY IMPROVE- <br />MENTS OTHER THAN REMOVING THE PILINGS IN THE OCEAN, IF POSSIBLE, PROVIDE <br />STEPS TO THE BEACH IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THE DUNES, AND ADD THE <br />BOARDWALK. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED WHY THE PLANS SUBMITTED BY THOSE PRO- <br />TESTING THE FENCE DID NOT SHOW A BOARDWALK GOING THE FULL WIDTH OF THE <br />BEACH. <br />MR, DILLARD STATED THAT THEY PLANNED TO HAVE SEA OATS AND SEA <br />GRAPES TO BUILD BACK THE BLUFF, AND IT WAS NOTED THEY EVEN CONSIDERED <br />PLANTING SPANISH BAYONETS TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM WALKING OVER THE BLUFF, <br />AUG 81979 Boox 41 �Acr 3JQ <br />L_ 107 <br />