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Commissioner Bird noted that, including himself, if Mr. Bournique agreed to serve, this would make up the nine members, and Chairman Lyons felt we could add more members later, if needed. KIWANIS-HOBART - NEW BASEBALL FIELD AND FENCING Commissioner Bird reported that the Commission previously approved the construction of lights at the Kiwanis-Hobart baseball field, and the money was to come out of the capital improvements portion of the budget. The problem that arose was that making the present field into a regulation size 300' field to accommodate the Senior League would require placing the light structures immediately under the power lines, which cannot be done. The field, therefore, will have tq. be- -moved. to the ,north•: , d Moving the field would mean we would have to tear up the whole infield, which would, in turn, create a problem for Fellsmere Little League; so, the suggestion was made that rather than tearing up the existing field, we should leave it as it is, build a new field to the north:backing..up.to this field, and put the new lights on the new field. He continued that Intergovern- mental Relations Director Thomas has indicated we can do this with our own Parks crew. The only additional expense would be fencing around the new field. Therefore, the Parks & Recreation Committee recommends construction of a new field using in-house labor and fencing not to exceed $6,500 to be paid from the Parks & Recreation capital expense fund. Commissioner Bowman asked if the dimensions of the existing field are suitable and usable for Little League, and Commissioner Bird assured her that field is usable and is the right size for Senior Little League. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by Commissioner Scurlock, the Board unanimously (4-0) approved construction of a new ballfield 81 MAR 6 1985 BOOK 60 Palo -r 1?2.0