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There was a general discussion about Revenue Sharing but no action was taken, Mr. E. M. Underwood, Jr,, Mr. D. F. Harris, and Mr,. James Clark, appeared before the Board and presented their recommendation of a schedule of values for insurance purposes on'the County's property. The values and property was discussed, item by item, and amended in accordance with the direction of the Board. Commissioner Dotterer moved that the list, as amended, be approved and insurance be secured in accordance with that list, Commissioner Cooper seconded the motion and upon a vote it was unanimously adopted. A copy of the Schedule of Values is attached and by this reference made a part of these minutes. Dr. 'Cade Covington, Chairman and Mr.. Kenneth Brinson„ Superin- tendent of the Sanford-Lee County Board of Education, appeared before the Board and presented the Budget Request for-the School Administrative Unit for the coming fiscal year, Mrs, Reggie Durham, appeared before the Board and presented the fiscal needs of the Council on Aging for the coming year. Commissioner Dotterer and Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker were appointed as a committee to study whether or not this agency should serve as.a contract service or made a permanent county agency,and to report their find- ings to the Board, . Mr, Elwin Buchanan, Grants Administrator, appeared before the Board and reported that the Economic Development Administration had offered a grant of $241,600, 00 to the County for the development of the San-Lee Recreational and Educational Park. The offer was discussed and reviewed and Commissioner Dotterer moved the adoption of the following resolution: WHEREAS, the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR LEE COUNTY has determined it to be to the best interest of the citizens of Lee County to develop the recreational and educational park to be known as the SAN-LEE' RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PARK; and ' WHEREAS, the Gity,of,Sanfordrhas conveyed to LEE COUNTY the real property consisting of 89.2 acres of land previously used,for their'water, filtering plant.which they,will no longer have the need for; and WHEREAS, thisdand is to be used. expre s sly for the development of the recreational and educational park to'be known as the SAN-LEE RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PARK;, and WHEREAS, LEE COUNTY has applied to the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) for a program grant for making improvements and developing the recreational and educational park on this siteas conveyed by the City of Sanford; and WHEREAS, the ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA) has offered a grant of two hundred forty one thousand six hundred dollars ($241, 600. 00) of Federal funds provided that LEE COUNTY matches the grant with sixty