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JAMES VOCELLE, ATTORNEY AND FRANK ZORC, DEVELOPER, APPEARED <br />BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON APRIL 4, 1973 TO DISCUSS <br />THE POSSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY LEASING APPROXIMATELY 5 ACRES OF <br />COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY, WEST OF THE COUNTY .JAIL, FOR THE SOLE <br />PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A 100 UNIT HOUSING FACILITY FOR THE <br />RETIRED AND ELDERLY CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY WHO ARE LIVING ON A <br />MINIMUM INCOME. THIS WOULD BE A NON—PROFIT VENTURE. <br />MR. VOCELLE.AND MR. ZORC APPEARED TODAY WITH THE <br />LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY WEST OF THE COUNTY .JAIL AND <br />REQUESTED THAT THIS PROBERTY BE ADVERTISED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING <br />AND ALSO REQUESTED THAT A LONG TERM LEASE OF 99 YEARS, AT A MINIMUM <br />RENT. BE PREPARED. <br />COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN LEFT THE MEETING AT 9:00 O'CLOCK A.M. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO ADVERTISE <br />FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING HOUSING <br />FACILITIES FOR THE RETIRED.....;• ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED CITIZENS <br />OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, WHO ARE LIVING ON A LIMITED INCOME. THIS <br />WOULD BE A NON—PROFIT VENTURE. <br />MILDREN MORGAN AND BETTY TAYLOR, REPRESENTING THE VERO <br />BEACH WOMEN'S CLUB APPEARED TO DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD THE ACQUISITION <br />OF FOUR BEACH FRONT LOTS THAT ARE FOR SALE ADJACENT TO AND FORTH <br />OF SOUTH BEACH. THIS PROPERTY IS A NATURAL SAND DUNE AREA AND WILL <br />BE KEPT IN ITS NATURAL STATE FOR AESTHETIC AND EDUCATIONAL REASONS. <br />n� THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROPERTY IS $800,000.00. THE CITY COUNCIL <br />V OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS' APPROVED $200,000.00 TOWARDS -THE, <br />PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF FEDERAL REVENUE <br />SHARING FUNDS IN THE AMCUNT OF $400,000.00. THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS ARE BEING REQUESTED TO MAKE A COMMITMENT FOR THE REMAINING <br />$200,000.00. <br />DR. HERBERT W. KALE, PRESIDENT OF THE PELICAN ISLAND <br />AUDUBON SOCIETY, APPEARED IN SUPPORT OF THE PURCHASE OF THE ABOVE <br />PROPERTY AND URGED THE BOARD TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PURCHASE THIS <br />PROPERTY, <br />Sim <br />1-7 <br />A P R 18 1973 <br />I� <br />