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ROOK I Fll1L °� <br />MAY I <br />Commissioner Eggert felt our responsibility at this point is <br />to the indigent, and it is impossible for this to benefit <br />everyone in the county. <br />Chairman Bird felt one benefit is that this is a less <br />expensive place to bury someone. <br />Commissioner Eggert asked if anyone in the county can use <br />the cemetery, and Mr. Blanton confirmed that absolutely anyone <br />can use it and the burial plots are free. You can just call him <br />up and reserve one. <br />Chairman Bird assumed that if do we give the cemetery this <br />additional land, a lot of surveying for plots would need to be <br />done, more roads would have to be created for access to them, <br />etc., and he asked if the Association is prepared to take on <br />those expenses. <br />Mr. Blanton confirmed that they are prepared to develop this <br />as they need it. <br />Commissioner Scurlock felt the first step is to reduce the <br />acreage and then he could s-upport this being an option. <br />Commissioner Wheeler pointed out that you have a limited <br />number of lots and it is possible you could have everyone in the <br />county call up and try to reserve a lot out there. He noted that <br />he has only been on the Board since 1986 and has'not really been <br />in on the history of this whole thing, and he has the same <br />problem Commissioner Eggert has in regard to giv.ing away public <br />property for something that cannot possibly benefit the whole <br />county. <br />In regard to the size of the cemetery and its benefit to the <br />county, Mr. Blanton advised that there is 12 acres up there. The <br />cemetery started in 1904 and it is not quite full yet; so, the <br />cemetery could go on for a long, long time. He realized that <br />back when the commitment was made, the land was not as valuable <br />as it has become now. <br />Commissioner Scurlock expressed his feeling that if we were <br />going to honor the commitment, it would be based on two things - <br />first, we would not want anything being developed on that <br />property that would interfere with the golf course, and this <br />would certainly fit in with that. Then, there is the historical <br />nature of this cemetery itself, as well as its history of taking <br />care of our indigents. He felt we could close the book on this <br />long time issue with 11 acres and say that is it, and we would <br />have preserved the historical aspect and buffered the golf <br />course. <br />Attorney Collins pointed out that the original proposal was <br />19 acres and then it was proposed to reduce it to 15 acres +/-, <br />38 <br />