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JAW 14 ",-, CURRENT County staff spoke with FDNR officials about other possible convertible sites such as Gifford Park, the recently acquired Oslo Road property, South County Regional Park, and Treasure Shores Park. The FDNR rejected all the county's potential sites because these properties are already parkland or proposed parkland - a violation of FDNR requirements. However, a 20 acre undeveloped tract of county -owned land with an estimated value of a minimum of $200,000 located along 58th Avenue has the potential of meeting FDNR requirements. The FDNR needs another formal conversion proposal (i.e. appraisals, land surveys, environmental assessments, and maps) from the County to officially determine if the 58th Avenue site meets all the requirements. Commissioner Bird pointed out that the 20 -acre site west of 58th Avenue has never been considered by the Parks and Recreation Committee because we have the 40 -acre Gifford Park nearby and the 700 -acre Kiwanis Hobart Park just north on Rings Highway (58th Avenue). He felt that particular 20 -acre site would some day make a fine subdivision and he did not think it advisable to commit that property for recreation purposes. Commissioner Bird could not understand the Parks Service"s rejection of the Old Dixie landfill site since there are any number of examples where old landfill sites were converted into golf courses and parks. He felt we should pursue this issue with the National Parks Service to the point of contacting our federal senators and representatives to ask for assistance. Commissioner Bird strongly recommended we authorize staff to prepare the maps and aerial photos and other documents necessary to convince Florida Department of Natural Resources (FDNR) representatives in Atlanta that this is a logical exchange. Administrator Chandler agreed there are many examples of landfill sites which have been converted to recreational purposes. He pointed out that DNR had reviewed and approved the exchange for the landfill site but currently is withdrawing that approval. Commissioner Scurlock suggested that since we will have Commissioners attending the NACO conference in Washington, D.C., we should direct our representatives to meet with someone in DNR and National Parks Services to make them aware of this situation. Commissioner Bird thought we should follow the chain of command by contacting the Atlanta officials, but it would not hurt to make them aware we will contact other officials in Washington as well. Commissioner Bowman thought we should request that Senator Graham and Representative Bacchus pursue this project in Washington for us. Discussion ensued about the contents of the landfill site. Commissioner Bird recalled that we have always looked at this site as a future recreation siteiand if it takes a certain amount of cleanup and restoration to make it useful)weshould do it.. 64 JAN 141992�`� BOCK � E;,E 5 " y