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r MAY 2 2199Q <br />0 ,F'�,UE <br />Director Dean advised that he has talked with the Public <br />Works Director about this problem. He referred to a chart <br />showing the area round the Administration Building, the <br />Purchasing warehouse, and the site for the new Health Building, <br />and pointed out an area for a proposed parking lot, noting that <br />we own all that property (Block 6) except 24 lots. One of those <br />lots is vacant; one lot has 2 houses on it; and the 1/4 lot has <br />one house. Director Dean further advised that he has talked with <br />Dr. Norris of the School Board about the possibility of their <br />participating in the funding of a parking lot, and he agreed to <br />take this idea to the School Board. <br />Administrator Chandler informed the Board that we have about <br />$600/700,000 in the General Fund Contingencies, and we have a <br />potentia..) of a combination of funding, possibly with the School <br />Board being involved and also.the possibility that we may be able <br />to look at a portion of it through Sales Tax inasmuch as it is <br />delineated for the Health Department. <br />Commissioner Scurlock did believe that we need to move ahead <br />because parking on that bank is extremely dangerous and also <br />dirty. <br />Commissioner Wheeler concurred. He stated that he has never <br />been happy with the parking along 26th Street, and he inquired <br />about the cost of putting a foot bridge across the canal for <br />pedestrian traffic in order to separate it from the car traffic. <br />Commissioner Bird suggested that we explore the possibility <br />of culverting the canal and backfilling_it to create additional <br />parking there. He noted that there is possibly 60' of wasted <br />space before you get to the canal, and the canal itself is about <br />30' wide. He felt it is obvious that Indian River Farms is not <br />maintaining this canal right now, and he believed if we could <br />culvert and fill the canal, we then could create a herring bone <br />type of parking in that area and have a one-way traffic flow. <br />30 <br />