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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF LEE, NORTH CAROLINA Monday, January 15th, 1973 The regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Lee County, North Carolina, convened in the Commissioners' Room on the second floor of the County office building at the corner of Steele and Wicker Streets in the City of Sanford, at 7:00 o'clock p. m., on Monday, January 15, 1973. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker and Commissioners William H. Cooper, Hal L. Hancock, J. Eugene Rogers, and Franklin D. Wicker were present. Chairman Gordon A. Wicker presided and the following business was transacted: The minutes of the regular meeting held on Tuesday, January 2; 1973, were approved and ordered recorded upon motion of Commissioner Rogers, seconded by Commissioner Franklin D. Wicker, unanimously adopted upon a vote. Messrs. N. V. Keith, Orton J. Cameron, and Sam Bass, of the Lee County Recreation Foundation; Messrs. J. E. Heins and Sonny Baker, of the Lee County Recreation Department; and Mr. Lottie Bryan, Landscape Architect of Raleigh, appeared before the Board. The representatives of the Recreation Foundation discussed with the Commissioners the possibility of the Foundation making a gift to the County of a tract of land to be used as a recreational park and to be improved by the County through a federal grant. After extended discussion, Mr. Cameron offered on behalf of the Recreation Foundation to convey to Lee County, approximately 49 acres of land upon the following conditions: (a) The Foundation would reserve and except a tract large enough for a convention building. (b) The land would be used for recreation purposes. The initial conveyance would be a fee determinable but if the County applies for and accepts a grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the conveyance will be made in fee simple. (c) The land will be free and clear of all encumbrances. (d) The Recreation Foundation shall have the right to name the park. Commissioner William H. Cooper moved the offer be.accepted. Commissioner Franklin D. -Wicker seconded the motion. Upon a vote, Messrs. Cooper, Hancock, Rogers, F. Wicker, and G. Wickerall voted for it and no one voted against it.