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JAN 28 1981 Booz 45 '%E 762 <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD REPORTED THAT HE ATTENDED A MEETING AT <br />THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED SOCCER COMPLEX <br />AT 12TH STREET AND 20TH AVENUE, WHICH WAS GIVEN CONSIDERABLE <br />CONSIDERATION BY THE PREVIOUS BOARD BEFORE BEING DROPPED WHEN THE <br />CITY REJECTED THE PROPOSED THREE-WAY AGREEMENT. THIS PROJECT NOW <br />HAS BEEN REVIVED. COMMISSIONER BIRD BELIEVED THE EARLIER PROPOSAL <br />WAS MORE ELABORATE THAN IS BEING CONSIDERED NOW AND WHAT ACTUALLY <br />WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD BE THE THREE SOCCER FIELDS AND HOPEFULLY <br />THE ACCESS ROAD. HE NOTED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS DEFINITELY IN <br />FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT; APPARENTLY THE CITY HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT <br />THE COUNTY'S FUTURE INTENTIONS IN REGARD TO RECREATION IN THE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD CONTINUED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD INTENDS TO DEVELOP <br />AT LEAST ONE FIELD ON THEIR OWN, IF NECESSARY, BUT THEY ARE ASKING FOR <br />THREE WAY PARTICIPATION SO THAT ALL THREE FIELDS CAN BE BUILT, <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT THE ACCESS ROAD IS ON COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY, <br />AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OWNS THE PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR THE FIELDS. <br />HE STATED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH DID SHOW SOME FAVORABLE RESPONSE <br />AT THEIR LAST MEETING AND WERE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY. <br />THEIR MAIN CONCERN SEEMS TO BE GOING INTO THE EXPENSE AND DEVELOPMENT <br />OF THE PROPOSED COMPLEX IF THE COUNTY A FEW YEARS FROM NOW INTENDS <br />TO BRANCH OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TYPE OF COMPLEX AND DUPLICATE <br />THESE FACILITIES. COMMISSIONER BIRD CONTINUED THAT HE WAS VERY MUCH <br />IN FAVOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATIONAL CONCEPT AND FELT WE HAVE <br />A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IN A JOINT EFFORT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DEVELOP <br />SOME SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, BUT HE ALSO FELT WE WILL HAVE THE <br />NEED FOR A PRIMARY NUCLEUS OF FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY WHERE THE <br />MAIN POPULATION BASE IS. HE THEN DISCUSSED PUTTING IN A PROPER ACCESS <br />ROAD AS PART OF OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL PROJECT. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HIS MAIN OBJECTION IS <br />THAT WE ARE PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL THREE FIELDS IN THIS HIGHLY <br />CONGESTED AREA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROPOSED PUTTING <br />THE FACILITIES OUT WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND DECENTRALIZING. HE <br />