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APR 'OK BOOK 76 ['AGE 688 right-of-way from U.S. #1 to the river. The Water Control District has said there is no problem, conceptually, to utilizing that right-of-way to tie together those two pieces of property. Commissioner Bird understood that right-of-way crosses the golf course on one hole, and felt some provisions would have to be made on how to handle that situation. Mr. Fletcher believed it would have to be a shuttle sort of operation rather than just a random movement of people. Mr. Fletcher reiterated that four parcels of property are being offered by Mr. Ewing. Commissioner Bowman understood that the 14 acres to the south is a mosquito impoundment, and Mr. Fletcher confirmed that there is public access to those 14 acres of impoundment. Currently, the County sewage disposal plant is using that for. effluent disposal. The Society likes the idea of having the gardens site and the two parcels of wetlands to the north, but as far as the wetlands property to the south is concerned, they will leave that to the wisdom of the County Commission. Commissioner Scurlock wanted to make clear that his Motion was not to run out there this second and buy it. His Motion was to direct staff and Commissioner Bowman to come back with a concrete package that covers restoration, maintenance, operation, available funds, etc., and then decide the issue of whether to have a referendum. Commissioner Bird liked the part of the Motion to have staff look into the restoration and maintenance factors, because he felt the realty is that it would take a substantial amount of money and manpower to restore the beauty we saw in the slidefilm presentation today. He felt that just buying it is the tip of the iceberg, and his inclination is to have the MJG Preservation Society, or some facsimile of that, manage, operate and restore this facility, because we do not have the manpower in the County Parks Department to take on the additional responsibility of something of this magnitude. 18