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Q <br />e <br />VERNE THORNTON.- JR., REGIONAL COORDINATOR WITH THE <br />DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS APPEARED TO EXPLAIN TO THE.BOARD PLANS <br />TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 90 ACRES OF LAND IN THE VICINITY OF <br />1-95 AND OSLO ROAD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 150 BED PRISON <br />FOR FIRST TIME YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. <br />MR. THORNTON DESCRIBED THE LAYOUT OF THE COMPOUND AND <br />HE STATED THAT IT WILL BE A SECURED INSTITUTION. IT WILL BE FENCED <br />ELECTRONICALLY AND THE PERIMETER OF THE COMPOUND WILL BE <br />MONITORED. <br />THIS SITE WAS CHOOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, THERE <br />IS UNDEVELOPED LAND TO THE NORTH AND GROVES,ON THE EAST AND I-95 <br />TO THE WEST. THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA IS A FRUIT <br />PROCESSING PLANT AND THE LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY MAKES IT <br />CONVENIENT TO ALL FACILITIES.IN VERO BEACH. MR. THORNTON <br />STATED THAT ON NOVEMBER 20, 1973 HE WILL REQUEST THE GOVERNOR <br />AND THE FLORIDA CABINET TO APPROVE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE <br />OF THIS PROPERTY, <br />COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN ASKED, "DO I UNDERSTAND THAT <br />YOU ARE ASKING FOR FUNDS WITHOUT ASKING THIS COMMUNITY HOW THEY <br />FEEL?" <br />MR. THORNTON ANSWERED, "WHAT WE ARE DOING IS INFORMING <br />YOU OF OUR PLANS, IF THE APPRAISAL COMES IN AT THE PURCHASING <br />PRICE AND THE ENGINEERS APPROVE THE PROPERTY, THIS WILL BE THE <br />PIECE OF PROPERTY WE WILL REQUEST FUNDS FOR AND PURCHASE, <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS STATED THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT <br />THIS COMPOUND COULD BE EXPANDED TO ACCOMMODATE A LARGER NUMBER OF <br />OFFENDERS. <br />SIR. THORNTON STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN DECIDED BY THE <br />LEGISLATURE THAT THIS WOULD BE.A 150 BED PRISON, BUT THE <br />LEGISLATURE COULD CHANGE THAT. <br />20 — <br />N 0 V 71973 J8 (1*7 <br />