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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECESSED AT 12:00 O'CLOCK <br />NOON FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME <br />MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />THE VOCAii0M.AL TRAINING AND SHELTERED WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION WISHES TO <br />LEASE COUNTY PROPERTY NEXT TO THE SUNSHINE CENTER. <br />OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THIS ORGANIZATION, MARY ELLEN <br />REPLOG,LE, LETA CHESBROUGH, HARRY HURST, AND EDWARD NETTO, WERE PRESENT. <br />EDWARD NETTO APPEARED AND STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN STRIVING TOWARDS <br />THIS MUCH NEEDED FACILITY FOR THOSE LESS FORTUNATE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS <br />BECAUSE.THE ONLY FACILITY OF THIS TYPE IN THE VICINITY IS IN STUART, <br />WHICH INVOLVES A GREAT DEAL OF TRAVEL. MR. NETTO INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION IS CHARTERED BY THE STATE AND THEY ALREADY HAVE <br />THEIR OWN BUILDING WHICH THEY ARE READY TO ERECT IF THE BOARD WILL HELP <br />THEM OBTAIN A SITE. THE SITE THEY HAVE IN MIND IS ADJACENT TO THE <br />SUNSHINE CENTER AND EARMARKED FOR THEIR EXPANSION, BUT MR, NETTO STATED THAT <br />HE HAS. TALKED WITH THE SUNSHINE CENTER, AND THEY HAVE NO IMMEDIATE <br />PLANS FOR EXPANSION. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS DISPLAYED A MAP OF THE <br />AREA AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE BALLFIELDS <br />ACROSS FROM THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; IT IS COUNTY PROPERTY AND IS RESERV- <br />ED FOR THE SUNSHINE CENTER, ALTHOUGH THE CITY HAS BEEN USING THE PRO- <br />PERTY FOR BALL PRACTICE. <br />MR. NETTO STATED THAT THEIR BUILDING IS ABOUT 11,000 SQ. FT., <br />BUT IS A TYPE THAT CAN BE EXPANDED, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ABOUT <br />TWO ACRES. HE NOTED THAT -THEY REALLY NEED A CENTRAL LOCATION. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED -THAT $5,000 HAS JUST BEEN SPENT TO PUT A <br />SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN THIS PROPERTY WHERE THE FOOTBALL TEAM PRACTICES. <br />DR. HARRY HURST INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED A <br />GRANT FOR $20,017 AND EVERY MONTH THEY DON'T USE IT THEY LOSE THAT MONTH <br />SO THEY NEED TO MOVE IMMEDIATELY. THE GRANT IS FOR -AN ADMINISTRATOR- <br />TEACJ4ER, A TEACHER AND MATERIALS. <br />ATTORNEY SAM BLOCK APPEARED, REPRESENTING THE SUNSHINE CENTER, <br />AND AFFIRMED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO EXPAND, AND IF THEY <br />EVENTUALLY DO, THEY WILL STAY WITHIN THEIR LEASED AREA, HE CONTINUED <br />THAT THEY FAVOR THE REQUEST OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND SHELTERED <br />WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION, BUT WOULD LIKE A SURVEY TO BE SURE THE PROPERTIES <br />39 <br />i <br />SEP 8 1976 <br />