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a DECEMBER 14, 1973 FRIDAY. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF -INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE.CdURTHOUSE, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1973'AT 11:50 0 CLOCK A.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE Loy, CHAIRMAN: EDWARD J. MASSEY, VICE CHAIRMAN; WILLARD W. SIEBERT, SJR.; .JACK U. DRITENBAS. COMMISSIONER RICHARD P. BOGOSIAN WAS ABSENT. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. .JENNINGS, COUNTY -ADMINISTRATOR; L.S. THOMAS, COUNTY FINANCIAL COORDINATOR; ROY KIRKLAND AND ELIZABETH FORLANI, DEPUTY CLERKS. PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WAS ABSENT. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATED THAT THIS MEETING WAS CALLED TO INFORM THE BOARD OF A MEETING WITH STATE. CABINET AIDES, COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN AND HERSELF TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGING THE LOCATION OF A FIRST a OFFENDER PRISON FACILITY PLANNED FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT THE CABINET AIDES HAVE OBTAINED TWO APPRAISALS CONFIRMING THE ASKING PRICE AS REASONABLE, AT THE LAST"MEETING'WITH THE CABINET AIDES THE BOARD SUGGESTED THAT THE PRICE FOR THE LAND WAS TOO HIGH. COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN ENTERED THE MEETING AT 11:55 00CLOCK A.M. COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN STATED THAT THE APPRAISALS PRESENTED WERE FACTUAL AS FAR AS THE INFORMATION THEY HAD TO WORK WITH, BUT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT AREA IS GROWING RAPIDLY AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THAT A PRISON IS NOT THE BEST USE OF THE LAND, CHAIRMAN LOY ALSO STATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES HAS NOT ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS AS TO WHY THIS COUNTY WAS PICKED FOR THIS FACILITY AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO MASTER PLAN FOR PLACING THESE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION OR .STUDY OF OTHER COUNTIES TO SEE IF ANY OTHER COUNTY WOULD BE INTERESTED AND WANT TO HAVE THIS FACILITY . DEC. 14 1973 em 18 P'AGE352 If