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PAS Recommendations and Funding The staff recommends the following: 1) Authorize providing electrical service for supplying water to the existing sanitary facilities and reserve capacity for future needs at an estimated cost of $1,100. 2) Approve funding from account #001-210-572-34.66 in the amount of $1,100. DISCUSSION RE INCREASING PARKING AREA AT WABASSO BEACH PARK ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE SOD FROM ONE AREA OF WABASSO BEACH PARK IN ORDER TO CREATE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE IN A PREVIOUS PICNIC AREA; THIS WILL NOT SOLVE THE PARKING PROBLEM, BUT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE IT TO SOME EXTENT. HE BELIEVED THE PARKING AREA IS MORE URGENTLY NEEDED THAN THE PICNIC AREA. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FELT THE KEY IS TO HAVE MORE BEACH FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR CARS, AND WAS OF THE OPINION WE ARE NEGATING THE INITIAL PURPOSE OF HAVING A PICNIC AREA FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF PICNIC AREA IN THE PAVILIONS AND THAT PEOPLE MAINLY COME THERE TO USE THE BEACH, NOT TO PICNIC. CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT STRONGLY THAT THE MAIN USE OF THE PARK IS TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BEACH, IT WAS NOTED THAT A SITE PLAN FOR A MOTEL DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE PARK IS SHORTLY COMING UP FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING MORE RIGHT—OF—WAY. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK SUGGESTED SPENDING MONEY TO DEVELOP OUR TWO 70' BEACH ACCESSES. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE PROHIBIT— ING THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN COUNTY PARKS. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THE USE OF ALCOHOL AT THIS PARK, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO`SEE SIGNS POSTED PER THE TERMS OF OUR ORDINANCE TO AID THE SHERIFF`S DEPARTMENT IN ENFORCING IT. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON NOTED THIS IS POSTED AT HOBART PARK, BUT NOT AT WABASSO BEACH PARK. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER TO LEAVE WABASSO BEACH PARK AS IT IS. THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. 61 poor 46j,�