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0 <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS AGREED THAT MR.MCKENZIE AND MR, WRIGHT <br />HAVE A PROBLEM, BUT SO DOES THE COUNTY AND IT IS A PROBLEM THAT WILL AFFECT <br />SOME 46,000 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY, HE POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH <br />MANDATES OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO BE ON A NEW LANDFILL AND IN <br />OPERATION BY THE 30TH OF .JUNE, AND EXPLAINED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT THE <br />PROCEDURES THE COUNTY HAS GONE THROUGH TO TRY TO OBTAIN A SUITABLE LANDFILL <br />SITE, POINTING OUT THAT $15,000 HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT JUST TO GET TO THE <br />POINT WE ARE AT NOW, HE SUGGESTED THAT HE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT COULD <br />MEET WITH THE ENGINEERS AND TRY TO MAKE THIS SITUATION A LITTLE MORE <br />PALATABLE TO ALL CONCERNED, THE ADMINISTRATOR POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE <br />BUFFER ZONES AND MANY THINGS REQUIRED TO GO INTO THIS LANDFILL THAT HAVE <br />NEVER BEEN REQUIRED BEFORE AND NOTED THAT MANY RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THIS <br />COUNTRY ARE BUILT ON OLD LANDFILL SITES, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT IF HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET <br />WITH THE COUNTY RESOURCE RECOVERY CONSULTANTS EITHER HERE OR IN MIAMI. <br />SUPERINTENDENT MCKENZIE STATED THAT HE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO <br />MEET WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE MEETING ON SITE AT <br />THE PRISON COMPLEX. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT IT IS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD THAT <br />AN ON-SITE VISIT AND MEETING WITH OFFICIALS OF THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION <br />COULD BE ARRANGED. <br />FREDERICK H. OWEN OF 700 BEACH ROAD SPOKE NOTING THAT HE IS VERY <br />INTERESTED IN PRISON REFORM AND HAS WORKED IN THIS REGARD AS AN APPOINTEE <br />OF THE STATE. HE STATED THAT THIS YOUTHFUL FIRST OFFENDER PRISON WILL <br />AFFECT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES <br />AND HE FEELS IT WILLBE A GREAT DETRIMENT TO THIS SATELLITE PROGRAM TO HAVE A <br />LANDFILL LOCATED NEXT TO IT. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED THAT THE INSTITUTION IS A VERY FINE <br />ONE, AND HE FELT THE BOARD WOULD DO EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO MAKE THE LAND- <br />FILL AS LITTLE OF A PROBLEM TO IT AS POSSIBLE, <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECESSED AT 12:30 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT, <br />52 <br />FEB91977 8^rjr �� 404 <br />