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MAY 2 1 190 = a <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT <br />12:05 O'CLOCK P.M. FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />ROBERT MARSHBANKS, BIKE PATH CHAIRMAN, VERO-TREASURE <br />COAST KIWANIS CLUB, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO MAKE A SHORT REPORT ON <br />THEIR PROGRESS TOWARDS RAISING THE MONEY NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT A BIKE <br />PATH ou 12TH STREET BETWEEN 27TH AVENUE AND 20TH AVENUE. HE INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT TO DATE, THEIR BIKE-A-THON HAS RAISED $10,600, WITH <br />A FEW MORE PLEDGES LEFT TO COLLECT, AND HE FELT THAT THE COMMUNITY <br />BY THEIR THOUSANDS OF SMALL DONATIONS HAS INDICATED THEIR HIGH <br />INTEREST IN BIKE PATHS. MR. MARSHBANKS STATED THAT HIS CLUB WISHES <br />TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE BOARD WANTS THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS <br />TO TRY TO RAISE UP TO $20,000 OR WHETHER THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER <br />USING THE $10,600 FOR A MATCHING GRANT. HE FELT THERE MAY BE GRANTS <br />AVAILABLE OF WHICH WE ARE NOT AWARE, AND POSSIBLY THE INTERGOVERN- <br />MENTAL COORDINATOR MIGHT BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE USING THE $10,600 <br />AS MATCHING FUNDS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH <br />ASKING COORDINATOR THOMAS TO CHECK INTO THIS. HE COMMENTED THAT THE <br />MINUTES STATE THAT IF THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT GIVE SUFFICIENT SUPPORT <br />TO RAISE ALL THE NECESSARY FUNDS, THEN THE BOARD WILL CROSS THAT <br />BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT WE HAVE REACHED <br />THAT POINT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy WAS NOT VERY HOPEFUL THAT THERE ARE GRANTS <br />OUT THERE THAT WE DON T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. SHE FELT IF THE VERO- <br />TREASURE COAST KIWANIS CLUB WISHES TO CONTINUE RAISING FUNDS FOR <br />BICYCLE PATHS AS AN ON-GOING PROJECT, IT WOULD BE VERY WORTHWHILE, <br />BUT WAS CONCERNED THAT IF WE DON'T GO ON AND COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, <br />WHICH IS REALISTIC IN COST AND CONNECTS PRIORITY AREAS, THAT IT MAY <br />BECOME LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. SHE WAS, THEREFORE, IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING <br />THE CLUB'S EFFORTS AND THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED; MATCHING THEM; <br />GOING AHEAD WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECTjAND ENCOURAGING THE CLUB <br />TO HAVE FUTURE PROJECTS FOR BIKE PATHS. <br />-58- <br />