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413 It was suggested by Council that it would be best to go through the entire budget before attempting to determine what is to go back tnto the General Fund, that the Reserves Fund should be increased, and examples given of how Sales Tax Revenues have been invested in the coirmun i ty ' Ron Anderson, 815 Canyon Road, spoke in support of park development in that area, and noted the length of time since the Council first indicated that a park would be developed. He noted the rate of in- flation and suggested that delay would result in higher costs Diane Pound, Park and Recreation Commissioner, spoke in response to comments made at the last budget session when Red Morton Comnunity Park was deleted, that if the pro,7ect is shelved now because of inability a year from now to maintain it, then the investment in volunteer a�d staff time has been wasted, that it �s desirab7e to brtng recreation to the neighborhoods, and that existing parks should not be allowed to be overused, since that would probably re- sult in higher maintenance costs. Council contrnued d�scussion with regard to the advisabiltty of whether or not to retain Canyon Park in the budget, the fact that Community Park has reached the point where it can be en,7oyed to the fullest, and Palm Park will be brought to the stage where it will be usable as a park MOTION RESTATED Councilman Biagi, with the consent of his second, moved to approve the recommendation for Canyon Park, the $107,711 allocated for Palm Park to be reduced by� $50,000, $50,000 to be returned to the General Fund Reserve, and the remaining $7,711 to be restored to the Red Morton Community Park request for expansion ' of play area (Item 1.(b), Alternatives, page 7). ' The motion carried on the following roll call vote, Ayes Biagi, Bury, Rhodes, Mayor Leipzig , Noes Barrett, Norris (Council recessed from 9 00 to 9 10 p m) ' Mr Fales referred back to Cap�tal Improvements Program Detail, Page 92, and reviewed the items as listed General City was briefly summarized Parks - the problems involved with Neptune Beach were d�scussed. Mr Pus�ch provided detai7s as to the extensive efforts by h�s department to attempt to find solutions, finding that realign- ment of the drain is impossible due to underground utilit�es, and that results of a program involving flushing Steinberger Slough are inconclusive so far He indicated that the choice will be made this year as to whether to try once more to correct the problem, or else to remove any expectation for a beach and close it down. Mr Fales continued with his summary, the next item being Streets Under that heading, concern was expressed regarding a need for more cooperatton by the County in a study of parking probTems ' Alan Weintraub, 3255 Oak Knoll Drive, referred to the James Street Extension pro�ect, calling for preliminary studies and design to extend -3- ' Budget Study ' , 5/25/76 .;+" �