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DISCUSSION RE GIFFORD COMMUNITY CENTER <br />Commissioner Bird reviewed his memo, as follows: <br />TO: County Commissioners DATE: February 2, 1987 FILE: <br />SUBJECT: <br />Gifford Community <br />Center <br />FROM: Richard N. Bird REFERENCES: <br />Commissioner <br />Last week a meeting was held to discuss the proposed Gifford <br />Community Center project. Present at the meeting were Dr. Burns <br />and Sam Hunter from the School Board; Charles Block's <br />representative; Flip Lloyd and one of his associates; Charles <br />Balczun and Dick Bird. <br />The project and its estimated cost were reviewed, as well as <br />receiving an update on monies available through the $250,000 <br />State allocation, and approximately $57,000 that has been raised <br />through local fund raising efforts. <br />It appeared that the cost estimates for the total project were <br />exceeding the amount of monies available, and that some <br />consideration should be given to scale down the project in an <br />attempt to meet budget constraints. It appears that it would be <br />worthwhile at this point in the project to have a joint workshop <br />meeting between the Board of County Commissioners, the School <br />Board, and representatives of the Gifford Progressive League to <br />further define each organization's role in the project, and try <br />to reach final decisions regarding the scope of the project, the <br />overall cost, and funding sources available. <br />Since the School Board has taken the lead on this project, I am <br />expecting Jim Burns to coordinate -this workshop meeting with <br />Charles Balczun and Ralph Lundy at the earliest convenient time. <br />Commissioner Bird recommended having the workshop meeting <br />and withholding any comments until we have an opportunity to <br />study the overall proposal. <br />Commissioner Eggert found it hard to look at this without <br />asking what new came up. <br />Commissioner Bird believed a part of this relates to the <br />fact that because of the PECO funds, the construction require- <br />ments fall under the State School Department and the building <br />will have to be built a little bit differently and probably more <br />47 <br />FEB d <br />BOOK Pq�r. <br />