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',- ,- ,', -, - , ,-, ,1'.,1\0" '-', ",;', ",' , '," ,,- , , , .' . " ;; , y, ,",- "" , -, ,-', ',',,- I ! -'" .'!'",; Councilman S. D. ~rkner concurred with councilman Royer's re~rks and the money should be used for this project.c This will unify the dis- trict and in no way be a charge to the rest of the city. Something should be done and since this is a very good project we should do it now. Councilman Floyd Granger stated that the City Council always wanted to do something in this area and that something should be done since we . have the funds at the present time. This in no way has been a fault of the City Council because of the lack of facilities as we have never had the money to do the job. He stated he was very favorable oto Coun- cilman Royer's proposal. Councilman Royer stated that a survey was made in this area and the recreation center received top priorty. He stated that Cecil Hall who made the survey had over 700 signatures and the major portion favored the recreation center with a swimming pool second. Bert Barrett of the unincorporated area stated that there are two comm- ittees, one from the unincorporated area and one from the incorporated area and the two groups have been tied together by Cecil Hall of the incorporated area. When all of the facts and figures ale finalized they will be presented at a general meeting to be held in the Friendly Acres area. Councilman Royer said that this project is now in the hands of the Park and Recreation Commission and it is up to them to make a decision and recommend to the City Council. Commissioner James Knecht said that this is a very worthwhile project since it is not taxing the rest of the city. He questioned Councilman Royer on the zoning and Councilman Royer replied that the Ampex Corpor- ation wasnt proper zoning which will tie in with the present dev8lopments. MSC by Commissioners James Knecht and Stanley Sugarman that the Park and Recreation Commission recommend to the City Council that they app- rove the Friendly Acre proposal as presented by Councilman Royer and negotiations be made with the Elementary School District for a site on the Taft School grounds. City Manager James E. Neal strong ley supported the project. City Manager James E. Neal addressed the members of othe Park and Rec- reation Commission and said that he was preparing a capital projects plan to submit to the City Council. He said that he felt there was a definite need for a multi-purpose building to take care of the Fun after Fifty group, square dancing and other types of recreation activities. He was concerned as to whether an addition to the Veterans Building would be feasible to handle these activities and it was his thinking that a multi=purpose was the need at this time. Commissioner Alyn Beals stated that the Commission made a recommendation on the Master Plan for the Baird Property. He noted that any addition to the Veterans Building will not benefit the Recreation Department. He also stated that money has been the problem for a building. City Manager James E. Neal said the staff feels the need for a multi- purpose building on the Baird Property and that he has instructed the staff to have a rendering prepared and submitted to the Park and Rec- reation Commission and then on to the City Council. Councilman S. D. Herkner said he was luke warm on a small building and we should build a building to take care of the recreation needs. 281