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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE AND ADMINISTRA- TOR .JENNINGS MET WITH HUGH DAWSON OF H.U.D. AND WENT OVER THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR REHABILITATION OF HOUSES UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND MR. DAWSON IS GOING TO TAKE THE PLAN TO .JACKSONVILLE TO BE REVIEWED AND WILL LET US KNOW WHETHER THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING ACCEPTED OR NOT, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MONDPY, .JANUARY 31ST. CHAIRMAN WODTKE DISCUSSED THE COUNTY'S CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES IN REGARD TO FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND NOTED THAT THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT THEY ARE TO OPERATE THESE VEHICLES IN WHATEVER MANNER THE COUNTY DESIRES. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LETTER FROM THE BOARD ON FILE SPELLING OUT SPECIFIC AREAS - PRIMARY, SECONDARY, ETC., - IN WHICH WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO RESPOND. CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUG- GESTED THAT THEIR PRIMARY AREA WOULD BE THE MUNICIPAL AREA OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES; THE SECONDARY AREA WOULD BE THE BEACH AREA EAST OF THE INTRA - COASTAL WATERWAY, INCLUSIVE OF THE r-ENERAL WABASSO AREA; AND THE EMERGENCY AREA WOULD BE AN`!:•'HERE IN THE COUNTY THEY MIGHT BE ASKED TO SERVE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS 70 WHETHER SOME OF THESE AREAS MIGHT NOT OVERLAP AS COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE SEBASTIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT USUALLY CONSIDERS WABASSO THEIR TERRITORY. VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE AS TO THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY AREAS. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CHAIRMAN TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES DESIGNATING THE PRIMARY AREA IN WHICH THEY WOULD BE EXPECTED TO RESPOND WITH THEIR FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT AS THE AREA FROM THE NORTH CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH UP TO THE NORTH LIMITS OF THE COUNTY FROM THE WEST BANK OF THE INDIAN RIVER TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED FOR LUNCH AT 12:00 NOON AND RECONVENED AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT, 25 321 JAN 1977