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• COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THEY RECEIVED REFERRALS AND GET <br />DIRECT CONTACT FROM PHYSICIANS, AND MRS. WAMPLER SAID THAT THEY DO. <br />_ 1 <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED HOW THEIR SERVICE DIFFERS FROM THE LOCAL <br />VISITING NURSES PROGRAM. <br />MRS, WAMPLER STATED THAT THEY OFFER MUCH MORE, INCLUDING PHYSICAL <br />THERAPY AND SEVEN -DAY -A -WEEK SERVICE. THEIR SERVICE IS ON A VISIT BASIS <br />• i <br />AND IS CALLED REHABILITATION NURSING. SHE NOTED THAT THEIR STAFF ONLY <br />• i <br />STAYS 2 HOURS A DAY. IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THEY CAN PUT AN AIDE IN FOR <br />EIGHT HOURS, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO REFER THIS <br />MATTER TO OUR VISITING NURSES AND THE COUNCIL ON AGING FOR THEIR COMMENTS <br />BEFORE WE PROCEED ANY FURTHER. HE ASKED MRS. WAMPLER IF THEY INTEND TO <br />APPLY FOR ANY GRANT IN AID OR MATCHING MONEY. <br />MR. FUSS ANSWERED THAT THE SERVICE IS SELF-OPERATING. IF <br />THERE IS ANY PROFIT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IT IS REIMBURSED, AND IF <br />COSTS DO RISE, THEY WILL GET A LARGER REIMBURSEMENT FROM H.U.D. HE NOTED <br />THEY ARE REGULATED BY THE COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, <br />MRS, WAMPLER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE <br />COUNCIL ON AGING IN FORT PIERCE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSTRUCTED THE COUNTY COORDINATOR TO WORK WITH <br />THEM AND REPORT BACK, <br />RIVERS ANDERSON, REALTOR, AND MEL SEMBLER OF MEL SEMBLER & ASSOCI- <br />ATES, APPEARED IN REGARD TO THEIR PREVIOUS REQUEST FOR A SEWER AND WATER <br />ALLOCATION, NOT TO EXCEED 30,000 G.P.D., FOR A PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER <br />TO BE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 12TH STREET AND U.S. HIGHWAY 1. j <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED MR. ANDERSON THAT THE MEETING WITH THE <br />CITY OF VERO REACH WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, AND WE, THEREFORE, MUST ASSUME WE <br />- _ I <br />HAVE THE LESSER AMOUNT OF WATER AVAILABLE. <br />RIVERS ANDERSON SPOKE OF THE MARKETING POTENTIAL OF THIS COUNTY <br />BEING MET BY OUTSIDE COUNTIES APJD STATED THAT SINCE A SHOPPING CENTER UN- <br />DOUBTEDLY WILL BE COMING INTO THIS AREA, HE FEELS THE COUNTY DESERVES A <br />TOP-NOTCH DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THE PROPOSED ENCLOSED, AIR-CONDITIONED MALL. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH A MALL WILL PUT ABOUT 1-3/4 <br />MILLION IN LABOR COSTS INTO THIS AREA AND ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS ON THE <br />TAX ROLL. HE ALSO STATED IT WILL TEND TO HAVE THE EFFECT OF KEEPING MORE <br />SHOPPERS SHOPPING LOCALLY, WHICH WILL BENEFIT ALL MERCHANTS IN THE -AREA. <br />AUG 41976 <br />