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��, �_, Councliman Grabek - I think that my fellow councilmembers will aqree that the only purpose for maintaining a parking facility there is for fishing purposes . Both on the tressel , which is a tresspassing act and which is a dangerous safety h�zard crossing the highway 15 and I don' t think there should be anymore disucssion and that it shoulc3 be an easy decision for the council . Mayor Butler - in that case I will call for the question. Councilman Adams - Can I ask Jim one more question? I am having trouble supporting your motion , because it gives up total ability of the city to exercise any control . I am sympathetic , that we don ' t want to worry about anymore than we have to but I am worrying , I don ' t like the idea that the city have responsibility of both sides of the road . What it seems to me that the city can retain the existing parking space and at least have the ability to exercise control , which we gave up in 197� for the county and that was an unsatisfactory course of action . I think you are on the right track . Councilman Grabek - I don ' t understand what control . Councilman Adams - It says that i_f we give private ownership total control of the land the city has no Councilman Grabek - That is true b�t why would we want control over the land? What do you want to do with it as a city? What do you propose that we do with that property? Provide whatever kind of parking space , I don' t care if it is blacktop, gravel , or exactly the way it is do you think we should provide parking spaces �or that area? Councilman Adams - I think as long as some of the problems that have been described here don ' t materialize , or to such a great extent that they are real problems the City should try to maintain the public access . Councilman Grabek - Public access to what? Councilman Adams - Then if they become big problems ,the city should have the ability to go -- ---------------