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OCT 2 21980 45 PAGE 44 MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS TO HAVE THE COUNTY TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE AND JURISDICTION OF THE GIFFORD PARK AND TO INDICATE THAT WE WILL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE OF THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE FOR THE PLANNING OF CAPITAL ITEMS FROM TIME TO TIME EITHER ON A BASIS THAT THEY ARE TOTALLY FINANCED BY THE LEAGUE OR PARTIALLY FINANCED BY THE LEAGUE. THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER WODTKE, THAT THE COUNTY ACCEPT THE REQUEST OF THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE CIVIC LEAGUE TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE GIFFORD PARK. MR. YOUNG ASKED IF MR. WODTKE IS SAYING THAT THE COMMISSION WILL TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE WITH THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE CIVIC LEAGUE ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT THE ONLY MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS THAT THE COUNTY TAKE OVER THE PARK. MR. YOUNG FELT THE EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON A PARK SUCH AS HOBART PARK, AND THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT IT IS NOT. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. COMMISSIONER Loy WISHED TO RECOGNIZE THE THINGS THE CIVIC LEAGUE HAS DONE TO CREATE THE PARK TO THIS POINT AND WISHED THEM TO KNOW THAT THE BOARD DESIRES THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE FUTURE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PURCHASE AND INSTALL THE S' FENCE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $2,500. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT WE DO HAVE SOME CAPITAL MONEY IN THE PARKS BUDGET AT THIS TIME, AND AS LONG AS THE PARK IS UNDER OUR JURISDICTION, SHE FELT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT BUDGET FIRST. MR, LUNCY NEXT BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF EVALUATING THE WATER RATE -STRUCTURE, ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE RATES ARE REVIEWED BY THE FMHA AND ARE STRUCTURED TO SUPPORT THE BOND ISSUE. THESE RATES ARE UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.