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TOTAL PRICE AFTER DEDUCTING TRADE-IN DEPENDABLE DODGE, VERO BEACH DODGED 100s $20,532.84 FORT PIERCE DODGE, FT. PIERCE DODGE D -150s $19,186.36 SUNSHINE DODGE, MELBOURNE DODGE D -150s $18,098.35 ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE ABOVE BIDS BEING REFERRED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR EVALUATION. REV. JOHN TAYLOR OF THE MOUNT LION BAPTIST CHURCH CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS 12 APARTMENT UNITS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AREA, KNOWN AS THE "SPILLWAY." THE REVEREND NOTED THAT WITH THE PROPOSED APARTMENTS, THEY ARE TRYING TO BETTER THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF'SENIOR CITIZENS AND ARE ASKING THE COUNTY IN GOOD FAITH TO THINK ABOUT SELLING OR MAKING SOME DISPOSITION OF THIS LAND FOR THIS �01I1011L* ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THE LAND REFERRED TO IS PART OF THE VACANT LAND NORTH OF THE SPILLWAY THAT THE COUNTY PURCHASED AS PART OF THE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE HOSPITAL BOARD. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF IT .IS THE INTENTION OF THE CHURCH TO BUILD THESE UNITS. REVEREND TAYLOR STATED THAT IT WILL BE DONE UNDER FEDERAL MONEY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS TO LIVE THERE WITH RENT SUBSIDIES. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED ABOUT FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AND REVEREND TAYLOR STATED THAT THE SENIOR CITIZENS MUST BE EITHER DISABLED OR LOW INCOME AND OVER 62 YEARS OF AGE, CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THE -CHURCH, IN ORDER TO GET THE FEDERAL MONEY, HAS TO HAVE TITLE TO THE LAND, AND THE REVEREND STATED THEY WOULD JUST LIKE TO BUY THE LAND AND PROCEED FROM THERE. . COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY LEASED LAND TO ST. FRANCIS MANOR FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND FELT THEY SHOULD CHECK INTO THAT ALTERNATIVE. REVEREND TAYLOR STATED THAT THEY DID NOT GO BACK TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, WHICH IS NOT UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS CHECKED WITH WASHINGTON, .JACKSONVILLE AND ATLANTA. BOOK 37 PAGE. �1