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AUG 8 1994 BooK '57- PnF_ 940 STANDING AND EMPATHY I HOLD IN HIGH REGARD. ART CORRECTLY POINTED OUT THAT LATER DEVELOPMENT WEST OF THIS SITE AND EAST OF U.S. # 1 COULD • COMPROMISE A RANGE. ART FURTHER FELT THAT A SOUTH COUNTY PARK WAS CERTAINLY NEEDED, AND THAT CONCEPTUALLY THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS, BUT FINANCIALLY BECAUSE.OF WET LANDS WHICH REQUIRE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PERMITTING, THAT IT WOULD BE COSTLY. ART CERTAINLY FELT WITH THE RIVER FRONTAGE AND THE OSLO RD. ACCESS THIS SITE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR A SOUTH COUNTY PARK - INDEED. AS EVERYONE IS AWARE, THE MAJOR SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION IS IN THE SOUTH COUNTY, THUS THIS IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR TAXES COME FROM, DESPITE THIS FACT, THE MAJORITY OF RECREATIONAL PARKS ARE ALL LOCATED IN THE NORTH COUNTY, EXCEPTING ROUND ISLAND WHICH IS ON THE BEACH. AT THIS POINT I AM UNCERTAIN WHY THIS EXISTS, BUT AS OF TODAY, OUR SOUTH COUNTY DOES NOT HAW ONE SINGLE MEMBER APPOINTED TO THE PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE UNDEVELOPED PARCEL I REFER TO CONSISTS OF 91.69 ACRES OWNED BY JULIAN LOWENSTEIN AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS LAND IS HANDICAPPED WITH . ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ZONING. THE PROPERTY TAXES LAST YEAR WERE'IN- CREASED BY A WHOPPING 865%. THIS DEVASTATING TAX INCREASE WAS,.CHALLENGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY UPHELD AS A JUST ASSESSMENT IN COURT. THIS LEAVES THE OWNER IN THE UNFORTUNATE POSITION OF PAYING THOUSANDS OF TAX DOLLARS ON LAND HE DWNS, AND WHICH HE ONLY HAS THE PRIVILEGE OF CONTROLLING MOSQUITOES, PROTECTING OYSTERS AND PRESERVING MANGROVES - NO OTHER BENEFITS OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ARE ENJOYED, WHAT -SO -EVER. NOT WITHSTANDING THESE UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, I DO BELIEVE THIS LARGE, WELL LOCATED RIVERFRONT SITE COULD BEST BE PURCHASED AND UTILIZED FOR A MUCH NEEDED SOUTH COUNTY RECREATIONAL PARK, EVEN THOUGH ZONING PRE- CLUDES ANY TYPE OF P.ROFITABLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. NOW TO ADDRESS THE INITIAL MATTER WHICH PROMPTED ME TO COME BEFORE YOU. THE SHERIFF'S RANGE. PERSONALLY, I AM NOT A GOLFER, BUT I MUST MENTION THE NEWLY PROPOSED GOLF COURSE AT HOBART PARK (AGAIN, BY -THE -WAY, IN THE NORTH COUNTY) AND I DO BELIEVE THIS FACILITY WILL BENEFIT OUR COUNTY. IN 1982 ACCORDING TO FIGURES PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, NEARLY 3,000,000 HANDGUNS ALONE WERE MANUFACTURED OR IMPORTED INTO THIS COUNTRY. MATHEMATICALLY THIS AMOUNTS.TO 900 NEW HAND GUNS FOR OUR COUNTRY IN 1982, NOT TO MENTION RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS. TO LEND EMPHASIS TO MY WORDS, I COULD EASILY HAVE HAD A MAILING GO OUT TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE GUN OWNERS AND FILLED THIS CHAMBER AND THE.HALLWAY. BUT MOST SINCERELY, I AM SAYING THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF OUR COUNTY'S LAW ABIDING GUN OWNERS ARE BEING MET, OR FOR THAT MATTER, CONSIDERED. 53 s � �