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AUG 2 2 1979 BOOK 41 FACE 397 <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT OUR PRESENT PARK ORDINANCE <br />PROVIDES THAT THE COMMISSIONERS CAN ESTABLISH RULES OR REGULATIONS <br />FOR EACH PARK OR ALL PARKS. THE COUNTY HAS DONE THIS WITH REFERENCE <br />TO HOBART PARK, BUT APPARENTLY NOT FOR THE OTHER COUNTY PARKS. A <br />QUESTION AROSE ABOUT THE SPOIL ISLANDS THAT ARE UNDER LEASE WITH THE <br />STATE AND OTHER LEASED PARKS, AND ENFORCEMENT QUESTIONS WERE RAISED. <br />THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE APPLIES ONLY TO COUNTY -OWNED PARKS, BUT DOES <br />APPLY UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT WHILE PREPARING <br />THE ORDINANCE, THE ISSUE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS CAME TO MIND. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT.NOTED THAT THIS IS A FELONY ANYWAY, AND <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED IN REGARD TO THE FACT THAT USE OF ALCOHOL IS LEGAL <br />WHILE POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS IS NOT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, BUT <br />NOTED THAT THERE IS A TREND IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT THIS SHOULD BE <br />DEFINED AND FELT POSSIBLY THE BOARD MIGHT WANT TO GIVE SOME ATTENTION <br />TO THIS LATER IF THE LAWS SHOULD CHANGE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />ROBERT STANLEY, RESIDENT OF VERO BEACH, SAID THAT HE UNDER- <br />STOOD THAT THIS ORDINANCE STEMS FROM PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPERI- <br />ENCED AT WABASSO BEACH, BUT THE VICE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT IS NOT CORRECT. <br />MR. STANLEY CONTINUED THAT HE IS A RESPECTABLE CITIZEN AND <br />LIKES TO GO TO THE BEACH DURING THE DAY. OCCASIONALLY HE LIKES TO <br />HAVE A COUPLE OF BEERS AT THE BEACH AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO <br />HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. HE FELT THAT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS AROSE <br />AT NIGHTTIME AND SUGGESTED THAT THE USE OF ALCOHOL BE OUTLAWED FROM <br />SUNDOWN TO SUN -UP. HE NOTED THAT HE OFTEN GOES TO ROUND ISLAND PARK <br />AND HAS NOT SEEN ANY PROBLEM THERE WITH ALCOHOL. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT IF HE WALKED EITHER NORTH <br />OR SOUTH ON THE BEACH AWAY FROM THE PARK, HE WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM. <br />MR. STANLEY REPLIED THAT YOU CANT TAKE BEER TO THE CITY <br />BEACHES AND THAT IS WHY HE WENT TO THE COUNTY PARK, AND HE WOULD LIKE <br />TO HAVE A FEW RIGHTS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT MR. STANLEY WAS RIGHT <br />ABOUT WABASSO BEACH TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE <br />WAS NOT BROUGHT ABOUT ENTIRELY BY WABASSO BEACH, BUT IT WAS ONE <br />EXAMPLE. HE NOTED THAT WE ARE NOT REALLY AFTER SOMEONE WHO TAKES <br />