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BELIEVED THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED IN REGARD TO OUR FUTURE IN RECREATION AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ADDRESS THIS NOW BEFORE INVESTING $60,000. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ABOUT AVAILABLE PUBLIC LAND, AND THE NEED TO DEVELOP OUR OWN PROGRAM. COMMISSIONER BIRD FELT WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZED LEAGUES, AND MEETS THAT WOULD BE HELD AT THE CENTRALIZED FIELDS. HE DID NOT FEEL THESE FIELDS WOULD BE WASTED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT SOCCER IS A GOOD UPCOMING CONTACT TYPE OF SPORT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LARGE PIECE OF LAND. HE NOTED WHEN YOU TAKE A FOOTBALL FIELD OR SOCCER FIELD AND PUT LIGHTS AROUND IT, IT IS A PRETTY SPECIFIC DESIGNATED USE AND THREE FIELDS WOULD ABOUT USE UP ALL THE REST OF THE LAND IN THIS LOCATION. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING, BUT DID NOT FEEL WE SHOULD HAVE THREE LIGHTED FIELDS ALL IN ONE AREA BUT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING WITH MORE FLEXIBILITY THAT COULD SERVE MORE PURPOSES. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER NOTED THAT HE WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR WITH NORTH COUNTY RESIDENTS IF HE APPROVED ANOTHER DOLLAR GOING TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH FOR RECREATION. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK POINTED OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TRANSPORT THEIR KIDS INTO THE CITY AND FEEL STRONGLY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE FIELDS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTY. DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO THE EXTREMELY CROWDED AND HAZARDOUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON 16TH STREET. CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT HE HAD HEARD THAT THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT PUTTING IN THAT BIG A COMPLEX AS FAR AS REGARDS COUNTY PARTICIPATION AND THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO EXPEND THAT MUCH MONEY, WE SHOULD TRY TO SPREAD IT OUT A BIT IN THE COUNTY. IT WAS AGREED THAT COMMISSIONER BIRD WOULD CONVEY THE COMMISSION°S FEELINGS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND REPORT FURTHER AT THE NEXT MEETING. 87 JAN 2 8 198 1 i45 NAGE 753 ,