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DEC 1'71990 sm 45 PAGE 500 GOING TO SEE IF:THE CORPS WOULD AUTHORIZE MR. HOBBS TO MEET WITH THE STUDY COMMITTEE THE WEEK OF .JANUARY 18TH AND HE WOULD ADVISE THE COMMISSION OF THE MEETING TIME AND DATE. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ATTENDING. DISCUSSION RE FLEA MARKETS COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISCUSSED A POSSIBLE ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO FLEA MARKETS. HE COMMENTED THAT AT THE ONE SOUTH OF TOWN, THERE SEEMS TO BE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE PERMANENT VENDING SPOTS ARRANGED IN LITTLE STALLS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE BUILDING CODES AND HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THESE VENDORS ARE PAYING SALES TAX BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF FIRST LINE MERCHANDISE BEING OFFERED. HE EXPRESSED FURTHER CONCERN ABOUT THE NATURE IN WHICH THE ENTERPRISE IS GROWING AND THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION WHICH IS BUILDING UP AND SUGGESTED THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE ZONING DEPART- MENT SHOULD DO SOME INVESTIGATING AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD. CHAIRMAN LYONS AGREED THAT WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL THAN WE HAVE BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DON T WANT TO END UP WITH A BUNCH OF SECOND CLASS BORDERLINE SHOPPING MALLS, WHICH REGULAR MERCHANTS MAKE THEIR STORE ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT IT IS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE TAX COLLECTOR TO OVERSEE THE SALES TAX ISSUE, AND HE SUGGESTED WE TOUCH BASE WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR ON THIS. CHAIRMAN LYONS INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO HAVE THE ZONING PEOPLE LOOK INTO THIS AND TO RAISE THE QUESTION WITH THE TAX COLLECTOR, DISCUSSION RE CENSUS COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE WORKED CLOSELY ON THE CENSUS WITH THE IDTRECTOR FOR THIS DISTRICT AND HE WAS A BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRELIMINARY COUNT BEING REPORTED AT AROUND 57,000. IN A DIRECT CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR, HE HAD THOUGHT THAT THE 80