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BOOK <br />At a meeting of the Progressive League held on October 6, 1986 <br />attended by Charles E. Block and Commissioner Dick Bird, it was <br />indicated that the League felt that approximately 1/3 -of this <br />annual operating budget would be generated by user fees and <br />annual donations, with the remaining 2/3 to be contributed by the <br />School Board and the Board of County Commissioners in the form of <br />leasing space in the building for proposed educational and <br />recreational activities. This proposed budget presented by Dr. <br />Hunter would not include any salaries but would include such <br />items as utilities, janitorial supplies, regular maintenance and <br />repairs, and insurance. <br />At the meeting on October 14, representatives of the Gifford <br />Progressive Civic League, as well as representatives of the <br />School Board and Charles Block will be in attendance to present <br />the plans for the building and answer any questions that may <br />arise regarding its construction and/or management. Since there <br />is a time constraint on the spending of the PECO funds, it is <br />hoped that the Board of County Commissioners will continue to <br />cooperate in the .xompletion of the project at the earliest <br />possible date. <br />Chairman Scurlock felt the total cost of the project would <br />run close to $500,000, because it does not include impact fees, <br />etc. That would mean that $250,000 would have to be generated <br />from some source. <br />Commissioner Bird asked what the impact fees would be if the <br />School Board builds the center, and Chairman Scurlock stated that <br />we do charge the School Board for utility impact fees, but not <br />road impact fees. <br />Chairman Scurlock was concerned that no direct contact has <br />been made with the Utilities Dept. staff or the Planning staff to <br />determine the appropriate costs in this project. His personal <br />feeling is that the County should establish some reasonable <br />budgetary amount every year to help with the maintenance and <br />operation of the facility, such as $10,000-$15,000. He did not <br />see how the County can help with a $130,000 shortfall in capital <br />expense and strongly urged that a true budget be established. <br />Commissioner Wodtke suggested that OMB Director Joe Baird <br />and appropriate staff get together with the School Board on the <br />finalized figures for the construction, and determine the impact <br />fees, etc. He anticipated that there will be agencies such as <br />the Health Dept. which might need space and those rentals could <br />generate revenues, and he was confident that there is an ability <br />66 <br />M M M <br />