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Council Minutes of 4/18/2000 there are no plans. Perhaps Mr. Hoyer is not aware that, in order to build a ball field, ;, additional land will have to be purchased. Because of the configuration of the land, it would cost millions to improve the land. It would be wonderful, but there are so many recreational needs. Mr. Limpert noted that the price of the land is above what the tax duplicate is, but below the appraisal. Mr. Miller invited Mr. Hoyer and other interested residents to attend the next committee meeting on this issue. Mr. Hoyer said he was not suggesting that the land should be used for ball diamonds, but he views it as an asset to the city and would be beneficial as recreational land because the city has limited space. Mr. O'Grady thanked Mr. Hoyer for his comments and said he agreed with him that, when we get an opportunity to grab green space, especially green space that is right across from an existing athletic area, we need to do it. If we wait too long, the land will be purchased for light industry. There already is some indication that along-term storage facility would be going in there. Lois Van Auken, 5149 Berkshire Drive, a member of the League of Women Voters, asked that Council pass Resolution No. 2000-36 which urges the Senate to move formally on an international bill of rights for women known as CEDAW. In 1979, the United Nations passed a resolution in favor of a convention which favors getting rid of all of the discrimination against women in the world. President Carter signed it for the presidency, but the Senate has never authorized it. The League of Women Voters feels that it is time that the United States joined this convention. As one of many organizations in the country, the League of Women Voters has decided that, since the Senate International Relations Committee will not come to a vote, it is time for organizations such as cities, state assemblies and counties to pass resolutions and send them on to the Senate and ask the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to put the matter out for a vote in the Senate. Hopefully, it will pass and then the United States can help women all over the world to get some of the benefits that the woman of this country enjoy. Mr. O'Grady thanked Mrs. Van Auken for her comments and commended the League of Women Voters. Most people know that the League of Women Voters played a pivotal roll in procuring the women's right to vote with the Ninth Amendment in 1920. What they don't know is that they have been and still are so active in so many other areas. The very first and earliest child labor laws in the United States of America were the direct result of the efforts of the League of Women Voters. Even today, they work for equality in the workplace. It's a great organization. President Saringer told Mrs. Van Auken that Council feels this is very important and had decided to suspend the rules and pass the resolution this evening. 13