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M'. <br />PARKING WOULD REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FILL AND COULD IMPACT <br />THE PEOPLE LIVING IN PEBBLE BEACH, AS FAR AS DRAINAGE. HE CONTINUED <br />THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT THE PARKING PLAN ORIGINALLY PROPOSED WOULD BE <br />THE ONE TO USE. <br />DISCUSSION WAS HELD ABOUT USING LANDSCAPING TO BETTER SCREEN <br />THE PARKING LOT, AND THE ENGINEER STATED HE WOULD DISCUSS THIS MATTER <br />WITH THE URBAN FORESTER. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE INTERJECTED THAT THE GIFFORD PROGRESSIVE <br />LEAGUE HAD RECEIVED FUNDS TO BE USED FOR SALARIES FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR <br />COMMUNITY. IF THOSE FUNDS WERE STILL AVAILABLE, HE FELT IT MIGHT <br />BE POSSIBLE TO HIRE PEOPLE LIVING IN GIFFORD TO WORK AT THE GIFFORD <br />PARK. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED HE WOULD FOLLOW UP ON HIS SUGGESTION. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON PARK REGULATION SIGNS FOR ALL OF THE <br />PARKS, AND ADMINISTRATOR NELSON ADVISED THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR A <br />RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ATTORNEYS OFFICE ON THAT MATTER. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD REPORTED THAT PARK SUPERINTENDENT BILL <br />COOK CONTACTED THE STATE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS <br />ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SEBASTIAN INLET, BUT THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE <br />IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT LOCATION FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF AND WHICH <br />WOULD INCLUDE DUNE WALK -OVERS ON THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SIDE. HE <br />ADDED THAT MR. COOK REPORTED THE DONALD MCDONALD STATE PARK IS NOW <br />OPERATED BY THE FLORIDA FORESTRY SERVICES BUT IS VERY POORLY MAINTAINED <br />AND IS A DISGRACE. THERE IS SOME TALK THAT THE FORESTRY SERVICE <br />WOULD LIKE THE COUNTY TO TAKE IT OVER, BUT COMMISSIONER BIRD WILL <br />HAVE TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS REFERRED TO THE TRACKING STATION PARK AND <br />ADVISED THAT THE MAYOR OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES CONTINUES TO -INDICATE <br />THEY ARE TRYING TO ANNEX THAT WHICH THEY LOST IN THE COURT -DECISION. <br />THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED TO THE MAYOR IF HE WOULD TELL THE -COUNTY IN <br />WRITING HOW INDIAN RIVER SHORES PLANS TO OPERATE THE PARK, HE WOULD <br />BRING THE MATTER BEFORE THE BOARD. IF THE MAYOR WANTED TO ANNEX THE <br />@OOK ­47 <br />PACE 53 <br />I <br />