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MAY 2 01981 A6. -PAtE467. SOME DISCUSSION -FOLLOWED, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS REMEMBERD_ THAT THE. -AREAS IN THE NORTH -COUNTY MENTIONED IN THE AGREEMENT WOULD RECEIVE SOME.BENEFIT THAT THE COMMISSION ALLOCATED. MOTION WAS -MADE -BY COMMISSIONER SCU-RLOCK,-SECDNDED BY COM - MI SS I ON ER ELETCHE'R, - THAT THE BOARD _APPROVE TH:E REQUEST :AS OUTLINED IN THE LETTER DATED MAY 15,. 1981, AND TO INSTRUCT THE COUNTY -ATTORNEY TO INCORPORATE THE TRI -PARTITE RECREATION AGREEMENT INTO -A NEW ENCOMPASSING AGREEMENT. - CHAIRMAN LYONS STRESSED THAT THE BOARD MUST MAINTAIN A COUNTY RECREATION PROGRAM. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED -UNANIMOUSLY. 16TH STREET BICYCLE PATH -Discuss-ION COMMISSIONER BIRD COMMENTED THAT HE REPRESENTS THE COUNTY ON THE BIKE PATH COMMITTEE AND RECENTLY HE WAS MADE AWARE,_ FROM A LETTER TO FORMER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ,JENNINGS FROM THE DOT, THAT THERE WAS $218,000 AVAILABLE FOR BIKE PATHS. HE ADDED THAT THE BIKE PATH COMMITTEE FELT THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS TO FORM A BIKE PATH ON 16TH STREET TO CONNECT WITH THE PRESENT BIKE PATH, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO FILE AN APPLICATION IN ORDER TO GET THE GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE. COMMISSIONER BIRD ADVISED THAT ENGINEER JIM DAVIS HAD CHECKED INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SITUATION AND THERE IS JUST 11' OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, MAKING THE AREA LIMITED. HE CONTINUED THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND THAT THE LOCAL FUNDING BE SHARED BETWEEN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE KIWANIS CLUB. COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THE COMMITTEE IS SAYING THAT THE BIKE PATH CAN BE COMPLETED FOR $20,000; THEY WOULD BE APPLYING FOR A $10,000 GRANT; AND THE MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE ABOVE FOUR GROUPS WOULD AMOUNT TO $2,500 EACH. ENGINEER .JIM DAVIS THEN REVIEWED HIS MEMORANDUM DATED MAY 14TH, AS FOLLOWS: E