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JUN 171981 600K 46 PACE 689 , <br />AND BENCHES, AND ONLY ONE IS COVERED BY A ROOF STRUCTURE; THERE ARE <br />TWO TENNIS COURTS WHICH HAVE NO NETS, POSTS, OR ANY STRIPING, HE <br />REPORTED. COMMISSIONER BIRD ADDED THAT THERE IS ONE BASKETBALL BACK- <br />STOP, A PHYSICAL FITNESS LAYOUT, A SHUFFLEBOARD COURT WITH NO LINES, <br />AND BARBEQUE PITS THAT HAVE DETERIORATED. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD THEN EXPANDED ON THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR <br />GIFFORD PARK AND REVIEWED THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR IMPORTANCE: <br />1. THERE IS NO DRINKING WATER AVAILABLE, AND TO CONNECT <br />TO THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION WOULD COST ABOUT $50; THE WATER CHARGES <br />FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER WOULD BE ABOUT $75. <br />2. PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF 6 BARBEQUE GRILLS WOULD <br />TOTAL $480. <br />3. PORT -O -LET RENTAL FROM THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND THROUGH <br />LABOR DAY WOULD BE ABOUT $300. <br />4. BILL COOK ADVISED THAT THE COVERINGS OVER THE PICNIC <br />TABLES COULD BE DONE BY THE COUNTY CREW. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ROOF <br />STRUCTURES BE CONSTRUCTED OVER 3 PICNIC AREAS AT A COST OF $2,460, <br />WHICH WOULD GIVE A TOTAL THEN OF 4 PICNIC PAVILIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD REPORTED THAT THE ABOVE IMPROVEMENTS TOTALED <br />$3,365. HE RECOMMENDED THE FUNDS BE MADE AVAILABLE, UP TO $3,500, <br />,=ROM THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND, AND INSTALLATION TO BE HANDLED <br />BY THE COUNTY PARKS CREW. COMMISSIONER BIRD ADVISED THAT A MAN WILL <br />BE DONATING QUITE A FEW PIECES OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR LITTLE <br />CHILDREN TO THIS COUNTY PARK, HE ADDED THAT THEY HAD OBTAINED A PRICE <br />OF $1,600 FOR RESURFACING THE TENNIS COURT, AND THIS WOULD BE <br />CONSIDERED IN THEIR BUDGETARY PROCESS. <br />ON flOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A BUDGET AMENDMENT ALLOCATING <br />FUNDS, NOT TO EXCEED $3,500, FROM THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND, <br />FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT GIFFORD PARK, AS FOLLOWS: <br />