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COMMISSIONER-SIEBERT AGAIN ASKED IF HE HAS CHECKED OUT THE <br />SOURCES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS THAT ALREADY EXIST, AND REV. TAYLOR STATED <br />THAT HE HAS NOT BECAUSE HE FOUND IT WAS AVAILABLE HERE THROUGH FEDERAL <br />HOUSING. <br />t <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THERE IS ANY OTHER LAND AVAILABLE TO <br />PURCHASE FOR THIS PURPOSE OTHER THAN COUNTY—OWNED LAND. <br />THE REVEREND STATED HE WAS WORKING ON THIS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED -HOW MUCH LAND THEY WOULD NEED, AND THE <br />REVEREND STATED THEY WANTED 11 LOTS IN BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH AVENUES. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THE PRESENT ZONING WOULD PROBABLY NOT <br />PERMIT MULTIPLE FAMILY AS IT IS EITHER A HOSPITAL DISTRICT OR R-1 AND <br />ALSO NOTED THAT THIS LAND IS WITHIN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT THIS LAND HAS JUST BEEN <br />MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNTY, AND WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO START ON A PROGRAM <br />TO CONVERT THE HOSPITAL AND NEED A STUDY FOR FUTURE NEEDS. SHE DID NOT <br />FEEL THE BOARD IS IN A POSITION TO CONSIDER THE DISPOSAL OF ANY OF THE <br />LANDS INCLUDED IN THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX UNTIL WE ARE AWARE OF OUR PRESENT <br />AND PROJECTED NEEDS, <br />REVEREND TAYLOR STATED THAT HE KNEW THAT THE' COUNTY JUST BOUGHT <br />THE LAND, BUT THEY STARTED APPLYING FOR THE LAND BEFORE THE HOSPITAL <br />WAS TALKING TO THE COUNTY, HE CONTINUED THAT HE IS TALKING FOR THE <br />INTERESTS OF PROGRESS AND NOTED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 26 <br />YEARS AND HAS NOT SEEN MUCH PROGRESS IN THE BLACK AREA, WHICH IS THE <br />BLIGHTED AREA. HE ASKED THE COUNTY TO DEAL WITH THEM FAIRLY AND INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT HE REPRESENTS NOT JUST A CHURCH, BUT A CORPORATION. HE <br />FURTHER NOTED THAT MOST COUNTIES HE HAS BEEN AFFILIATED WITH HAVE A <br />HOUSING AUTHORITY WHERE YOU CAN GO AND GET PEOPLE PLACED IN HOMES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT NEITHER THE COUNTY NOR THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS A HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS PRESENTED A MAP OF THE.SPILLWAY <br />b PROPERTY AND DISCUSSED THE ACTUAL PROPERTY THE COUNTY HAS TITLE TO. HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT PARKING SPACE IS AT A PREMIUM AROUND A HOSPITAL, AND <br />DISCUSSED THE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, WHEREBY THE COUNTY <br />4 <br />COULD PUT IN A CULVERT AND PARK ACROSS THE CANAL. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />BOARD IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING CONSULTANTS TO REDESIGN AND REMODEL <br />70 <br />OCT 18 1978 37 LJ60i0 IAu <br />A <br />