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BASKET, AND THEY ENVISION A DUAL USE FOR THE TENNIS COURT. MR. REGAN <br />RECOMMENDED AN H' FENCE SO THAT COURTS COULD BE UTILIZED FOR EITHER <br />BASKETBALL OR TENNIS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT A DUAL USE OF THE <br />TENNIS COURT, NOTING THAT HAVING A STEEL POLE BY THE TENNIS COURT <br />COULD BE DANGEROUS. THE ADMINISTRATOR AGREED. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS DID NOT FEEL THE BOARD IS HERE TO SETTLE <br />THESE TYPE PROBLEMS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE, TO0, WOULD SUPPORT THE <br />COUNTY TAKING OVER THE GIFFORD PARK AND FELT THE PROPER APPROACH <br />WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE GIFFORD <br />AREA WHEREBY THEY WOULD ESTABLISH PRIORITIES. HE NOTED THESE PRIORI- <br />TIES ONLY CAN BE MET WHEN THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND SHOULDiBE PRE- <br />SENTED WHEN BUDGETS ARE BEING PREPARED. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE WISE <br />TO RETAIN THE PARK UNDER ITS COMPLETE CONTROL WITH THE GIFFORD <br />PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE SERVING IN A CAPACITY SIMILAR TO THE KIWANIS <br />CLUB, BUT FELT TO SAY THAT WE WILL ACCEPT THE PARK ON THE SAME BASIS <br />AS WE OPERATE HOBART KIWANIS PARK WOULD NOT BE FAIR BECAUSE WE HAVE <br />A LIVE-IN ATTENDANT THERE. HE DID NOT FEEL WE CAN DO THAT, BUT THAT <br />WE COULD MAINTAIN IT ON THE SAME BASIS AS OTHER PARKS IN THE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH <br />CONTROL OF PARKS AS TO VANDALISM, ETC., BUT HE BELIEVED THE PROGRESSIVE <br />CIVIC LEAGUE AND LEAGUE OF CHURCHES COULD BE HELPFUL IN CONTROL AND <br />UTILIZATION OF THE PARK. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT A MOTION TO <br />TAKE OVER THE PARK FOR MAINTENANCE AND JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY <br />AND FELT THE FENCING OF THE TENNIS COURT WOULD BE A STARTING POINT <br />AND THEN WE COULD GO FROM THERE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS DISCUSSED SEPARATING THESE TWO ITEMS. <br />HE FELT AS A MATTER OF POLICY WE COULD ACCEPT THE MAINTENANCE AND <br />JURISDICTION, BUT DID NOT THINK THE FUNDING OF A PARTICULAR ITEM <br />BELONGS IN THE SAME MOTION. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT <br />THE FENCING, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE COURT. <br />OCT 2 2.1980 43 Booz' 45 PAGE .43 <br />