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Vice Mayor Winchester asked if there has been any discussion with Fellsmere, and was informed there has not. Vice Mayor Winchester agreed the idea is timely, but felt if we are going to do it, it should include not only Vero Beach and the county at large, but Sebastian and Fellsmere as well, as many as we can bring in, even Indian River Shores. He felt if any part of the community is lacking in recreational facilities, it is Fellsmere. Chairman Scurlock agreed. He believed the greatest mistake the County made was when we created the Fire Districts and weren't strong enough'to say we will have just one district. He felt with Recreation we should be strong enough to pull together and create one district for the whole county. Commissioner Bird advised that several years ago, we did go before Sebastian and got a very positive response. He did agree the groundwork and staff is in place, and possibly we could work out some kind of agreement with the City similar to the way the South County Fire District was transferred. Chairman Scurlock continued to discuss why the transfer of the Fire District was so successful and emphasized that we want all communities to feel they are a part. Mayor Macht expressed his feeling that the biggest opportun- ity for success would be in the area of programming. He noted that in some ways what the School Board does and some of the municipalities is a duplication of effort, and he believed it would be welcome news to the taxpayers that we could use School Board facilities that are otherwise idle. He personally felt this should be a step by step procedure because there is a good deal of structure the City has that would have to be considered on an individual basis, but the programming is something that could be done in the near future by mutual agreement. Chairman Scurlock agreed that one basic decision is where parks fit in. He noted that sometimes in the county we have 4 IJUN 8 1988 BOOK 73 PAGE 04 L2