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5. RAILROAD EQUALIZATION SUIT 6 To approve not intervening in the Railroad Equalization Suit for 1984 and 1985. 6. WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND PURCHASE CONTRACT AMENDMENT To postpone this item until a later meeting. 7. BUDGET AMENDMENT To approve amending the 1985-86 Budget Ordinance to appropriate funds from the Commissioners' Contingency to the Commissioners' account for payment of a special assessment that will be used in an effort to save the Federal General Revenue Sharing Program. 8. RIGHT OF WAY ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION To approve the right-of-way encroachment agreement for the Efland-Cheeks Township sanitary sewer facilities with the Department of Transportation and authorize the Chair to sign. 9. REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY SOCIAL WORKER I POSITION To approve a temporary full-time Social Worker I position effective February 1 thru June 30, 1986. Motion was made by Commissioner Lloyd, seconded by Commissioner Marshall that the forgoing action be taken by the Board. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. G. ITEMS FOR DECISION 10. P & S SPORTING GOODS, INC. (A copy of the legal opinion from Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill is in the permanent agenda file) . Attorney Geoff Gledhill summarized the main points in his letter to the Commissioners. He listed four recommendations for consideration by the Board: (1) Consider the zoning change application without regard to the intended use of the applicant. (2) Consider the zoning change application in the context of there already being 8.5 acres of commercial property in this activity node with the zoning ordinance permitting, normally, a maximum of 10 acres. (3) Direct the staff to correct the improper zoning designations in this node and any other similar errors that may exist throughout the County. (4) Direct the staff to develop a new use which includes the kind of business in question here and which has minimal off-site impacts. This new use should preferably be a special use with the application criteria focused on buffers, screening, site plan review, traffic management and the like. Included in this staff review should be a recommendation concerning where this new use/special use would be permitted. The kind of use in question certainly is not a "Mom and Pop" operation. However, its impacts on the neighborhood or area where it is located are minimal because its activity is confined within a structure with little comings and goings to and from that structure. For these reasons this use may be one permitted more pervasively than any other use that's not locally focused. This should be addressed by the