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L:7 Commissioner Bird asked if the consensus is to do something with the peninsula that would be left at the present bridge entrance to make it into a nice shopping area, and it was confirmed that is the general idea. The dream is to have a covered fishing pier on the east, and also possibly have a pier on the west side and work in conjunction with private enterprise to lease it out as a waterfront restaurant, boutiques, etc. On the peninsula area to the east, the center road between the existing stores could be turned into landscaped parking with a loop access road. Recreation Agreement City Manager Little noted that in view of the $450,000 to purchase the "Y" and more to remodel; Charles Park; Young Park; $100,000 on River House for remodeling - they have a very big ticket. The General Fund cannot continue to pick up that fund, and he felt the time has come where we have to give serious consideration to some kind of joint recreation. The City is grateful for the County's significant increase in contribution, but it is still a drop in the bucket. He realized the County is spending money in the Oslo Road area and on the beaches which will take off some impact, but he really thought we need to talk about joint operation. We did this with Building and Zoning, and it has worked. We did it with the Fire District, and as far as the City is concerned, it worked well. He believed what the County is going through now with ALS, etc., was bound to happen and was long overdue. Mr. Little stressed that we need to sit down and remove the roadblocks in the old agreement, if there are any, so what needs to happen can happen. Mr. Little noted that the City had handled recreation for a very long time, and they were reluctant to give this up because frankly, they did not think the County knew what they were doing. They also weren't sure the custodial care would be what the City has done. AUG ) 198. 9 V1.- -,