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Good morning.
Thank you for

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adjusting your schedules to attend this
um called meeting of the Marlboro County

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Council.
At this time, we will ask

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Vice Chairman Lawson to lead us in our
invocation followed by the Pledge of

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Allegiance.

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» Good morning, Heavenly Father. Thank you
for this day.

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We thank you for the opportunity to just
to see this another day. And Father, as

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we come together this morning as council
members and community, we ask that would

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you guide us in our decision-making,
guide us in what we do or say. We pray,

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Father, that the decision made will be
the ones that will benefit our community

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and our county. Bless us in a special
way. And Father, we give you thanks for

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all these great things. Amen.
>> Amen.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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Before we move forward, I will entertain
a motion to amend our agenda to include

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an executive session matter to discuss
contractual matters related to our geo

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bond and to our leased vehicle
purchases.

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It was moved and properly seconded that
we amend the agenda to include an

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executive session to discuss contractual
matters related to our geo bond and to

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our leased vehicles. Any discussions?
All in favor, let it be known by raising

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your right hand.
Motion is approved unanimously.

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Our first
order of business is our ordinance

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number 877, an ordinance authorizing the
execution for the sale of all parcels of

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property located in the Marble County
Industrial Park, first reading title

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only. Ms. Upchurch.

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» Good morning.
>> Morning.

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» What we bring to you is that we would be
looking at selling a partial of our land

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that we have in in the industrial park
as for it enhancing our um

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manufacturing business.
Further information would come at our

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second reading.

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» You've heard Ms. Upchurch in regards to
this

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particular ordinance. Any discussions?
>> Mr. Chairman, I know there's a whole lot

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of talk about data center. This has
nothing to do with a data center.

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» And thank you for pointing out it's
manufacturing.

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» Mr. Chairman, I'd make a motion we
approve ordinance 877.

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» Second.
>> It's moved and properly seconded that we

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approve ordinance number 877, first
reading title only. Any discussions?

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All in favor, let it be known by raising
your right hand.

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Motion is approved unanimously.
Next item for business, ordinance number

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883, an ordinance adopting a 4-month
moratorium on the acceptance of

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application for solar
um farm use to provide for an immediate

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effective date and to provide for an
extension of 90 days here to

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by further resolution of council, first
reading title only.

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» There has been raised some concerns in
our community regarding solar and solar

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farm use. We would like to um propose a
4-month moratorium as to be able to

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explore more information regarding solar
farms and um figure out exactly how we

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need to proceed for our county.
>> Any discussions?

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» And Mr. With that, that means that we
will be developing using that as an

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avenue to develop our solar ordinance.
Is that right?

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» That's correct.
>> And hopefully we'll be more in

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compliance and have more safeguards with
that.

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» Right. We'll be able to provide the
citizens with more information regarding

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the solar farms as to ourselves and be
able to proceed uh accordingly with any

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laws for for our the state and our
county.

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» Thank you.
>> I think it'll be a grand opportunity for

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us to really improve our land use and
ordinance related to solar farms and any

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other businesses that's going to come to
Marlboro County. Any other further

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discussions?
I'll entertain a motion.

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» Motion.
>> Second.

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» It's been moved and properly seconded
that we approve ordinance number 883.

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Any further discussions? All in favor,
let it be known by raising your right

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hand.
Motion is approved unanimously.

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Next item, acceptance of bid, Lindsay
Park fencing. Mr. Parker.

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» Yes. Uh you received in an email a
communication,

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and I've
included the attachment of the

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evaluations for the Lindsay Park
fencing project with a summary of the

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evaluations of the proposal.
County held a mandatory pre-proposal

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conference on August 5th at 10:00 a.m.
After advertising the request for

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proposals on Skibo and the county's
website, an addendum was sent uh to

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those in attendance at the pre-proposal
conference. The addendum

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included replacing fencing at fields one
and two, which are the oldest fields.

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They're probably about 40 years old. And
uh painting uh the fencing on fields

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three, four, and five. With the
addendum, the county supplies all the

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paint as well. The funding for this
project is from the land and water

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conservation grant. Uh the criteria for
the request for proposals on this uh

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project were based on cost, experience,
and capacity to complete the project

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timely. Based on um the evaluation of
the committee, the staff recommendation

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is to award a contract for fields one
and two to Stone Castle Fencing at

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Adam's Corner for a cost of 37,300,
and a contract on fields three, four,

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and five to Stone uh Castle uh Fencing
for a cost of 11,480.

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» Guys, you've heard Mr. Parks and the
recommendation from

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his department. Any further discussions
in regards to the Lindsay Park fencing?

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» Mr. Park, I just want to be clear. Will
the fence part be fenced in all around?

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Give me a
>> We're We're talking about the ball

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fields.
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» The five ball fields, yeah.
>> Five ball fields.

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Be fenced in all around.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Um

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fencing uh
replaced on fields one and two, and then

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painted on fields three, four, and five.
>> If you've gone out to Lindsay Park,

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you've seen that we've done a lot of
improvements, a lot of um

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um
Lindsay Park gets good use, and I think

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this will be a good um addition to
ensure safety and to ensure that our

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ball fields are in compliance when we
continue to expand our recreational

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sports. Any further discussions? I will
entertain a motion for approval.

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» So moved, Mr. Chairman, to accept staff
recommendation lobby.

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» Thank you.
Can I get a second?

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» Second.
>> It's moved and properly seconded that we

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accept staff recommendation. Um any
further discussions? All in favor will

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let it be known by raising your right
hand.

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Motion is approved unanimously.
At this time, we will entertain a motion

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for executive session to discuss
contractual matters related to our geo

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bond and our leased vehicles.
>> So moved.

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» Second.
>> It's moved and properly second. All in

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favor let it be known by raising your
right hand. Motion is approved

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unanimously. Council is now in executive
session.

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» Mhm.

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» Mhm.

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» Mhm.

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» Will we entertain a motion to come out
of the executive session and reconvene

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in regular session?

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I'm moving to properly second that we
come out of executive session to

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reconvene in regular session. Any
discussions? All in favor, let it be

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known by raising your right hand.
Motion is approved unanimously.

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No votes or action were taken in
executive session.

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Councilman Holden?
>> Yes, uh

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this is a
grant we had for Lindsay Park. Seems we

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saw some issues with it regarding the
grant and I think the uh engineers and

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there's something that we're looking
into and I think that uh

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we're going to have to possibly move
that project that was going to be at

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Lindsay Park to another location and I
would like to see the

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uh C. W. Law Park in McCall.
I think it's the next biggest park in

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the county. I would like for that site
to be considered. Uh we've just gotten

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uh several months ago a 130,000 grant
dollar grant from the Love Foundation to

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put lights on two of the fields,
buy some bleachers, and other

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equipment. And
my motion would be that that's McColl

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C.W. Love Park be considered if we move
it to another site.

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» Mr. uh
Oldham, just for clarification, I like

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what you're saying, but I do think we
need to give some other consideration. I

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think we just need to just move to
vote to relocate the play- playground

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equipment, but give us some time to also
evaluate all the options that may be

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before us.
I I just think that we need to make sure

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that we not just one location, but it
may be several locations. So, I'm

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thinking just hearing the information,
it might be good for us to just look at

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making sure that we authorize this staff
to relocate the playground equipment

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from Lindsey Park to another location,
but are we just going to consider one

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location?
>> That's at the discretion of the the

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council.
>> Council, right.

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» Two things. We have a motion
initially. Do we get a second on that

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initial motion?
>> Second.

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» So, we've moved and properly seconded.
Now, your discussion, Ms. Lawson.

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» Thank you, and I jumped the gun. So,
forgive me.

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I just think that we maybe we need to
consider more than just one park.

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I I think we need to consider more than
just one park. Hopefully, with the type

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information that we're receiving,
I want to be fair to the other parks in

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community in the communities, too. As we
have

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Clio, we have Brightsville,
and we have McColl.

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Would that be fair to all the other
communities while this considering what

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we're going to do.
>> Well, you know, in retrospect, we

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were first initiated this
project. Lena Pope Pope was

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considered cuz it was highly used park.
>> Right.

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» And now with this
this has arrived, like Mr. Oldham said,

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C.W. Lovett Park is the second largest
park

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in the county. Also, that
budget already been allocated for the

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upgrading for the lights and everything.
I understand his

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his point and I think that would be a
good

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to
put at C.W. Lovett Park. And then we can

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evaluate down the road and see with
Geobond with the other parks that what

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would they need and what they would
access. We know that C.W. Lovett Park is

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a highly used park. It's right on the
line where a lot of people can use that

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park and and it's 8 miles away. Um with
Benna Park, Brightview Park,

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um
it is a they are good parks in Clayton

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and and and um Brightview, but also we
can just look at go back in Geobond and

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do an evaluation and see what we can
use. We need to continue to move forward

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with this with the project. We got a
contract already online. They're ready

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to they're ready to go to work. There's
no need for us to wait. And uh and see

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Put yeah, put a little piece here, a
little piece there. We'll put everything

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on one site. And then we can come back
to Benna Park, uh Brightview Park and

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see what they what they park would need.
>> Mr. Mr. Park, yeah, excuse me. Following

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up with that.
>> [clears throat]

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» This grant under CDBG, it that 328 was
for all the playground equipment. We

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We wouldn't want to be dividing it up
into pieces, putting one piece of

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equipment here. I mean, that would
defeat the whole purpose then, you know.

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» Exactly.
>> I agree. So

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» vote today on where it's going. We can
do that in September. All we need to do

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today is vote that it needs to be moved.
So, that's all we need to do.

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» So, let's do this right here. That
motion initially has

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» a stipulation on it.
>> So, Mr. Odom, restate your motion giving

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staff the authority to move the
equipment to a different location that

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would be determined in our September
regular meeting.

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Okay?
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» To rephrase Excuse me.
To rephrase my motion, uh

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we want to move the
to another site that will be determined

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in our September meeting and we'll take
it under discussion and advisement over

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the next month till we have our next
meeting. But, my motion is to move it to

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another site that we determine council.
>> Second.

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» It's been moved and properly seconded
that we follow staff recommendation to

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move the existing
CDBG

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playground equipment to another location
that will be determined in our regular

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September meeting. Any further
discussions?

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All in favor, let it be known by raising
your right hand.

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Motion is approved unanimously.
We've been out of accepting a motion for

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adjournment.
>> Motion.

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» Second.
>> Moved and properly seconded. All in

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favor, let it be known by raising your
right hand. Motion is adjourned.