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SEP 81976 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INSTRUCTED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO WRITE THE <br />FHA AND ASK FOR A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE SEWER PLANT AND <br />WATER SYSTEM IN GIFFORD. <br />C0:!:i;sSI0NER SCHMUCKER INQUIRED ABOUT THE CEMETERY SITUATION <br />IN GIFFORD, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT HE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL <br />COORDINATOR THOMAS WENT TO GIFFORD AND VISUALLY INSPECTED THE CEMETERY <br />SITES IN THE AREA. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE ALSO ASKED THE <br />ABSTRACT COMPANY TO REVIEW THIS MATTER AND GIVE US SOME IDEA ABOUT <br />TITLES, AND HE.NOW HAS A GOOD IDEA OF WHO DID OWN THEM. ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS CONTINUED THAT HE HAS REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT WE HAVE <br />SOME REAL PROBLEMS NOT ONLY WITH THE GIFFORD CEMETERIES, BUT WITH <br />VARIOUS SMALL CEMETERIES ALL OVER THE COUNTY. IN REGARD TO THE GIFFORD <br />CEMETERY ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL, HE NOTED THAT THERE IS A STATE ROAD <br />RIGHT OF 1AY RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT -AND THERE ARE GRAVES ALL <br />OVER AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST ON THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED FOR CEMETERY <br />USE. HE FELT IT WAS PROBABLE THAT SOME GRAVES WERE IN THE STATE ROAD <br />RIGHT OF WAY. ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE FELT CONTROLS SHOULD <br />BE ESTABLISHED AS TO THE USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THESE CEMETERIES AS <br />THE SITUATION IS OUT. OF HAND RIGHT NOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE GIFFORD <br />AREA. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS NOTED THAT NONE OF THESE <br />CEMETERIES ARE OWNED BY THE COUNTY, ONLY THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED WHO OWNS THE CEMETERY ACROSS FROM <br />THE GIFFORD SCHOOL, AS HE FELT -THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT OVER. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IT WAS OWNED BY FLORIDA BURIAL <br />PARKS, BUT HE FELT THIS MIGHT VERY WELL BE A DEFUNCT CORPORATION. HE <br />FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT PRIVATE PARTIES TAKING OVER CEMETERIES ARE NOW <br />HEAVILY REGULATED, MUCH MORE SO THAN GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED IF ATTORNEY COLLINS COULD CHECK TO <br />SEE IF FLORIDA BURIAL PARKS WAS A DEFUNCT CORPORATION AS THE RESIDENTS <br />IN GIFFORD WERE RUNNING OUT OF BURIAL SPACE AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BE <br />ABLE TO TELL THEM HOW TO GO ABOUT TAKING OVER THE CEMETERY AND WHAT <br />RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATIONS ARE INVOLVED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WOULD BE GLAD TO CHECK THIS <br />OUT, BUT FELT IT WOULD NOT RESOLVE THE QUESTION. HE SUGGESTED THAT <br />POSSIBLY THE BOARD COULD DECLARE IT A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONDEMN THE <br />rte 26 . . 0`7 <br />