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COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED THAT INTEREST HAS BEEN SHOWN AND <br />WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT BICYCLE PATHS COMMITTEE'S <br />MEMO OF FEBRUARY 1ST STATED THAT THE "TREASURE COAST KIWANIS CLUB <br />AND INTERESTED CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE <br />TO RAISE THE MONIES FOR THE FIRST PROJECT, AND IF THEY CANNOT ACCOMPLISH <br />THIS GOAL IN 90 DAYS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND REQUEST MORE <br />TIME." HE WISHED TO KNOW IF THEY ARE NOW ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME <br />OR WHETHER AT THIS POINT THEY ARE SAYING THEY CANNOT RAISE ANY MORE <br />FUNDS. <br />MR. MARSHBANKS STATED THAT THE POSITIVE RESPONSE THEY GOT <br />IN BEING ABLE TO RAISE OVER $10,000 AT ONE EVENT, WOULD LEAD HIM <br />TO FEEL THAT IF THEY HAD ANOTHER EVENT LATER THIS SUMMER, THEY <br />PROBABLY COULD RAISE MORE MONEY. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE A <br />LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THEY COULD RAISE FUNDS FOR, BUT NOW, WITH THE <br />COMMUNITY INTEREST SO HIGH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PROJECT <br />COMPLETED AS A SORT OF REWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY EFFORT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SAW MR. MARSHBANKS POINT, BUT STATED <br />HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FIRST PROJECT FINALIZED IN THE WAY IT WAS <br />PROPOSED SO THAT IN FUTURE FUND RAISING PROJECTS, ORGANIZATIONS WILL <br />NOT FEEL THEY CAN RAISE JUST HALF THE MONEY AND DEPEND ON -THE COUNTY <br />FOR THE OTHER HALF. HE FEARED THAT IF WE CHANGE NOW, AFTER ONLY ONE <br />FUND RAISING ATTEMPT, PERHAPS WE WOULD END UP WITH ANOTHER PROGRAM <br />THAT WOULD FALL BACK ON THE AD VALOREM TAXPAYERS ALTOGETHER. HE <br />STATED THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO GIVE THE CLUB ANOTHER 90 DAYS, OR <br />WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO RAISE THE REST OF THE FUNDS, AND POSSIBLY <br />FUTURE PROJECTS CAN BE APPROACHED ON A DIFFERENT BASIS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT.POINTED OUT THAT AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS <br />WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR STARTING THE PROJECT BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS IN THE <br />FALL, AND HE, THEREFORE, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER 45 DAYS AND <br />THEN POSSIBLY SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. HE FELT .JULY 4TH MIGHT BE AN <br />OPPORTUNE TIME FOR ANOTHER FUND RAISING EVENT. <br />MR. MARSHBANKS WAS DUBIOUS ABOUT GETTING ANOTHER BIKE-A-THON <br />TOGETHER BY .JULY 4TH, BUT STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO TRY. <br />_59_ <br />MAY 211980 gook 1W PPE <br />