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enhancing, increasing recreational opportunities
throughout the state. So that means not only at the
SVRAs but also on other lands. And if a non-profit
could put together some sort of a private park or
semi-private, then I think the Grants Program funding is
appropriate. That's an appropriate use of those monies,
to expand the program. So I would agree with
Commissioner Kerr.
CHIEF JENKINS: And just a last thought to round
out the possibility for the future, the grants isn't the
only way to do acquisitions outside of our SVRAs. There
is the possibility of at various times there's been
legislation passed that could use trust fund monies to
acquire land for a given agency. So there is the
legislative process -- budget process, if you will,
submitting it as a trailer bill. There's also other
mechanisms we can use: Directly agency to agency with
specially appropriated money outside the Grants Program.
So that the Grants Program is one way, and I certainly
agree that we need to look at that. And then there's
other ways that we might also expand our ability, our
flexibility to find ways to acquire new properties.
DEPUTY DIR. GREENE: And just keeping in mind,
in concluding, that the most recent was not only
Heber Dunes but also the land at the Freeman property
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OHMVR COMMISSION MEETING April 5, 2011 MINUTES - APPROVED