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CHAIRMAN WODTKE DIRECTED THAT ALL EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT THE <br />FORMER HEARING HELD ON NOVEMBER 17, 1977, BOTH PRO AND_CON, BE ENTERED <br />INTO THESE MINUTES. THE PRESENTATION MADE BY ATTORNEY. BLOCK, INCLUDING <br />LETTERS AND PETITIONS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT `OF THE REQUESTED ONE-HOUR <br />EXTENSION, IS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL MINUTE BOOK 32, PAGES 2 THROUGH 120. <br />PRESENTATION MADE BY THOSE OPPOSING THE ONE-HOUR EXTENSION, INCLUDING <br />TESTIMONY, LETTERS, PETITIONS, - ETC., IS RECORDED IN OFFICIAL MINUTE BOOK <br />32, PAGES 120 THROUGH 195. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />NORMAN BADENHOP OF 4601 SUNSET DRIVE, PRESIDENT OF•VERO BEACH <br />CIVIC ASSOCIATION, SPOKE REPRESENTING THE, 1,378 MEMBERS OF THAT ASSOCIA- <br />TION. HE STATED THAT THIS ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO EXTENSION OF THE <br />BAR HOURS AND WOULD PREFER THAT THE HOURS BE CURTAILED TO MIDNIGHT AS A <br />BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. HE POINTED OUT THAT SHERIFF .JOYCE HAS <br />STATED HIS OPPOSITION TO THE ADDITIONAL HOUR AS HAS CHIEF SAM MCCALL <br />OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. MR. BADENHOP NOTED THAT THE PRESENT HOURS <br />HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR A LONG TIME; THE BAR OPERATORS WERE AWARE OF <br />THEM.WHEN THEY ORGANIZED THEIR BUSINESS; AND THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT HERE <br />FOR THE PURPOSE OF GUARANTEEING PROFIT TO INDIVIDUALS. <br />H. D. BOOTH STATED THAT HE IS UNABLE TO FIGURE ANY BENEFIT <br />TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY AT LARGE IF THE REQUESTED EXTENSION IS <br />GRANTED, AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE TIME BE LEFT AS IT IS. <br />FLOYD GRIMM, LOCAL CONTRACTOR AND REAL ESTATE MAN, STATED THAT <br />HE FELT STRONGLY THAT THE HOURS SHOULD NOT BE EXTENPED. HE NOTED THAT <br />MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD STAY AND PARTAKE OF ALCOHOL AFTER 1:00 A.M. <br />WOULD BE THOSE WHO TEND TO OVERINDULGE, AND MANY OF THEM CANNOT AFFORD <br />TO DO THIS FINANCIALLY. <br />JOHN DEAN OF 2223 LOTH AVENUE OPPOSED THE EXTENSION OF HOURS <br />AND REFERRED TO THE DRAWING HE PRESENTED IN EVIDENCE AT THE PREVIOUS <br />HEARING WHICH SET OUT MANY STATISTICS IN REGARD TO THE DETRIMENTAL AFFECTS <br />OF THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND ITS RESULTING EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYER. HE <br />SPOKE ALSO OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BAR OPERATOR, NOTING THAT HE HAS <br />SEEN PIT BULL FIGHTS BEING HELD IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BAR NEAR THE <br />CENTER OF TOWN. <br />3 <br />DEC 2 0 1.977- <br />A a <br />J <br />