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that a committee be appointed to make a complete study of the problem <br />and make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners as*soon. <br />as possible. <br />Chester Clem, President of the Vero Beach Jaycees, presented a <br />Resolution adopted by the Jaycees requesting the Board of County <br />Commissioners to use those legal powers available to them to adopt <br />a. Building Code suitable to the needs of Indian River County, same was <br />received and placed on file. <br />Mr. Warren Zeuch, representing the Independent Insurance Agents.. <br />stated that"they were in favor of a building code And it-isc:the,zbestd ' <br />thing'.forathe safety and interests of Indian River County". <br />Mr. Ralph Profeta, building contractor, agreed that we need a <br />building code in the County and was sure that the general contractors, <br />licensed to do business in he City and county would pass favorably to <br />adopt the same code that the City now has,should it be adequate for the <br />county. Mr. E. M. Rivenbark, bi!i1ding contractor, agreed with him. <br />Mr. Ray Neville, representing the Board of Realtors, stated that <br />they were unanimous in°°feeling the need of a code to build by." <br />Mr. Dudley Clyatt, President of the Farm Bureau, and Mr. Pat <br />Corrigan, of the Farm Bureau and also a Director of the Taxpayers <br />Association and the Indian River Cattlemans Association, requested <br />that the Board consider all structures on agricultural properties be <br />exempt from the building code. <br />Commissioner Waddell stated that in all of the deliberations about <br />a building code, the general consensus is -that we need one, but no one <br />has come up with why we need one. At this point, Mr. Jack Sherman, real <br />estate appraiser, Mr. Jimmy Walker, business representative of Building <br />Trades Council, Warren Zeuch(Variance Board member), and Mr. Vernon Wolfe <br />cited instances known to them, answering Dr. Waddell°s-statement. <br />Mr. Louie Schlitt presented a booklet prepared by State:.ansurance.._stone <br />Commissioner Broward Williams, Analyze Hurricanes, covering code from <br />the windstorm standpoint, also trailers and moble homes. <br />After further discussion, Commissioner McCullers moved that Mr. <br />Jimmy Walker, business representative of the Building Trades Council <br />of Indian River County, be appointed chairman of a•comuni.tt:ee to; bade <br />NOV 9 7966 600K 10 PAGE 39 <br />