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AUG 2 71980 �� BOOK 44 PACE 393 COMMISSIONER WODTKE RETURNED TO THE MEETING AT 3:05 O'CLOCK MR. MARSH RECAPPED THAT PHASE A (WHICH INCLUDES THE BOARD- WALK, HANDICAPPED RAMP, GAZEBO, WALKOVERS AND THE LIFEGUARD STATION) PLUS THE $21,550 ALREADY COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT, WOULD LEAVE A BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER $5,000, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS $75,000 AVAIL- ABLE. BASED ON THAT ASSUMPTION AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE COUNTY WILL DEVELOP THE RESTROOM FACILITIES WITH THEIR OWN CREWS, THEY ARE ESTIMATING A $37,000 DEFICIT. IF, HOWEVER, THE COUNTY HAS ALLOCATED $50,000 TO THIS PROJECT INSTEAD OF $32,000 AS THEY HAD THOUGHT, THEY WOULD ESTIMATE A $20,000 DEFICIT; IN OTHER WORDS, ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED TO THE PROJECT, THEY COME UP WITH EITHER A $37,000 OR $20,000 DEFICIT. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM TRY TO COME OUT EVEN AND ASKED WHERE WE COULD CUT BACK $20,000 AND STILL HAVE A WORKABLE PARK, MR. MARSH BELIEVED THE LANDSCAPING COULD BE CUT BACK $4,000 OR $5,000. HE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS FOR THE COST DEFICIT IS THE RESTROOMS, WHICH ARE MUCH MORE COSTLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE CONCENTRATED ON MAKING THEM VANDALPROOF. THEY ARE A CADILLAC CONSTRUC- TION IN TERMS OF SECURITY, AND THEY ALSO HAVE LIMITED MAINTENANCE. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT MAY BE A SAVING IN THE LONG RUN AND HE DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH SPENDING MORE ON THE RESTROOM FACILITIES. MR. MARSH CONTINUED THAT ANOTHER REASON FOR THE DEFICIT IS HE IS NOT AN ENGINEER AND HE CAME UP WITH SOME LOW ESTIMATES TO BEGIN WITH. THE ENGINEERING CAME INTO THE PICTURE WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT THE STATE WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY PICKY ABOUT WHAT THEY DID AND WE HAD TO HAVE AS DETAILED PLANS AS POSSIBLE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO PRIORITIES AND VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES FOR CUTTING BACK, INCLUDING ELIMINATING THE NORTHERNMOST CROSSOVER AND POSSIBLY CUTTING BACK SOME ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESTROOMS, I.E., REPLACING THE STAINLESS STEEL STALLS WITH CONCRETE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION.