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considered them separately, and he believed this can be broken out any way we choose. Commissioner Bird concurred that the area of programming would offer a fairly easy transition rather than facilities, and believed with the school sites available, we could put programs in some of these areas quite quickly. Mayor Macht again emphasized that parks would be a facility and not actually a part of the programming, and discussion continued in regard to keeping parks separate, with Chairman Scurlock noting that the County.cannot compete with the City in the standard of maintenance of their parks, one of the reasons being that the City's parks are concentrated in a much smaller area. Vice Mayor Winchester concurred with Mayor Macht that programming would be the area we could initially afford, and Chairman Scurlock believed the bottom line where there will be disagreement is in regard to who pays for what. Once we can agree on how and who pays, a lot of the other problems will disappear; so, we need an equitable formula up front to distribute the cost. Vice Mayor Winchester congratulated County Public Works Director Davis on his recently completed Parks & Recreation Use Fee and Revenue Study, which he felt was very comprehensive. Commissioner Bird agreed and noted it was basically a home-grown report mainly done by Public Works Director Jim Davis along with Recreation Director Pat Callahan and staff. It wasn't just something someone from out of town thought we ought to have. Mayor Macht believed it seems that we agree on the pro- gramming area and want to charge our staff with working in that direction. Chairman Scurlock advised that the County's liaison in the Recreation area is Commissioner Bird, and he can appoint whatever administratives resources to this that he chooses. 5 [JUN 8 1981 BOOK 73 F-., ®�