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the directions given by the Commission at the November meeting. <br />The County subsequently held a public hearing in March, 1992 and <br />final approval was given by the Commission. He gathered that part <br />of the problem may have been that none of this was included or <br />incorporated into the Motions that were made, but that was part of <br />the recommendation in January. <br />Deputy County Attorney Will Collins recalled that during the <br />discussion at the January meeting Commissioner Scurlock spoke of <br />restricting it to public use and the right of first refusal. The <br />Motion, as it was stated, did not include that right of first <br />refusal, but he felt there is a larger question here. Both in <br />Administrator Chandler's report and Commissioner Scurlock's <br />discussion, it was said "restrict to public use and a right of <br />first refusal". The discussion today seems to be as if the intent <br />was "restrict to public use or a right of first refusal", which are <br />two very different things. He explained that if it is "restrict to <br />public use" and the County has the right of first refusal, that <br />means that if the Town ever wishes to dispose of it, they will come <br />to the County and offer the County the opportunity to match any <br />contract. However, if it is "and restrict to public use", then the <br />Town is limited to selling that property to school boards, state <br />park systems, water control districts, and things of that nature. <br />Commissioner Bowman added land trusts and conservation trusts <br />to the list. <br />Commissioner Scurlock recalled that his feeling had been that <br />this particular piece of property was significantly more valuable <br />than maybe some people felt and his concern was that if we were <br />going to make a trade or enter into some arrangement with the <br />Gifford Park with some money or some other consideration, that we <br />get our full value. In fact, he made the statement at that meeting <br />that we should not trade a filet mignon for a hot dog. He had the <br />concern that maybe there was an interest in not having a park at a <br />public facility, period, since there is adjacent residential <br />Ci17 <br />'JUL 14 1992 <br />L_ <br />