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0 ;?3 board. Mr. Cox presented an 8 year police report with highlighted items he thought dealt with O.T. Sloan Park. Ms. Berryman and Ms. Edwards also spoke regarding the issue. Commissioner Frazier asked about No Trespassing signs and Mr. Kline asked how many times per month/week offenses occur. Mr. Stryffeler asked Mr. Cox for his proposal. Mr. Cox stated that he wanted their property fenced or the park fenced. Chairman Mark Kline said it will be put on a future agenda to continue to discuss the issue. He stated that the committee would try to work with what is possible and what is capable within the Parks & Recreation's budget. Mr. Payne said he would go through the police reports and identify O.T. Sloan Park's issues. The access issues will be discussed at a future meeting with feedback given to the guest speakers. B. Consider Youth Representative Membership to Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Mr. Payne sent out a list -serve request to Parks & Recreation State Association with questions concerning the make -up of their advisory board membership, including ex- officio members and ex- officio voting privileges. He received 9 responses saying 5 did not have privileges, 2 did, and 2 did not have ex- officio members on their board. His other question to the Association was if they had youth members, and if those youth members had voting privileges. He received 8 responses with 5 saying they did not have youth members, 3 did with full voting privileges. Kirk Smith spoke before the Committee about the Young Commissioners Leadership Program started this summer that consisted of 12 kids in a 2 week session. They went to all offices within the county and City of Sanford except the Parks & Recreation office. Members discussed having a youth on the Board but they did not want the youth to be able to vote. Mr. Smith said the youth representative would be put in on a yearly basis from the junior /senior classes of local high schools. Members discussed some of the pros and cons of having a youth representative and criteria they would need to meet. Mr. Payne stated if it was approved to have a youth on the Commission, he would have that and the ex- officio voting privileges from last month's meeting presented to the Board of Commissioners on their next agenda at the same time. Harry Stryffeler made a motion to place it on the agenda for consideration at 6:15. Mark Kline seconded the motion. All were in favor.