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6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd Mr. Brownell advised that he has asked Mr. Batchelder, Nautilus Construction Corporation, to get their debris off as soon as they can so we can get at that. Mr. Butler directed his question to Mr. Bauer, "On your list here, you have your figures stated as estimates. Are these actually quotes ?" Mr. Bauer advised that the contract will be the exact amount of dollars stated. Commissioner Wiggins said, so, in essence, this isn't any differ - ent than the building we are talking about taking down there, so he made the motion to award the contract to the low bidder, Gatchell Tree Service, in his bid amount of $1,224.00, to remove 18 trees designated on Block 6, and the stumps and haul out the debris, subject to the investigation and approval of our Legal Counsel that we are obligated to do this, (before we do this, not after we do it), and if we are, the Commission be authorized to enter into such contract, subject to Legal Counsel approval. Motion was seconded by Mr. Donaldson and carried. Mr. Lou Tutino, WNDU -TV Reporter, asked if the contract calls for the clearing of the site, what about the live trees then? The Chair asked Mr. Bill Parrish, Real Estate Officer, if he would respond to the question. Mr. Parrish said that it has always been customary procedure and we took out all the deadwood and stumps, and then took care of the damage that the contractor did in his clearance afterwards. Anything that died prior to selling the land, we removed as part of our demolition. Some of the trees would be damaged as a result of demolition and would die afterwards. Dead trees have always been removed prior to turning the land over to the prospective buyer. Commissioner Wiggins 'stated his question was not with the removal of the dead trees, but whether or not we were obligated to do it, and he thoroughly agrees that dead trees should be removed. There are a lot of them around that ought to come out, because dead trees constitute a hazard. This has been a part of the spread of the blight of the elm trees because they have been allowed to remain and the beetles kill the other elm trees. The question raised by the Chair if there are any more of the paving bricks left that Southhold is still interested in for paving their parking lot:Mr. Slabaugh advised there are some bricks on Lincolnway that are covered with asphalt and there may be approximately 50,000 under that asphalt. It would take a bulldozer to rip them out and a lot of labor to clean the bricks. The Chair said the motion has been made, seconded and carried - -as noted above. 7. PROGRESS REPORT The flyer was distributed for the River Bend Plaza activities which is PLAZO pre ared by the Chamber of Commerce for period covering April 6 through ACTIVITIES April 10, 1976. -9-