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PETER CASSARA INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS BEEN SELECTED <br />BY THE VERO BEACH ITALIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS WITH <br />THE BOARD THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR THE USE OF THE OLD HOSPITAL. MR. CASSARA <br />FELT THAT IT COULD BE USED VERY WELL AS A BEGINNING TO A RECREATION SYSTEM <br />IN OUR COUNTY. HE THEN NOTED THAT THE IACA HAS HAD SEVERAL LETTERS FROM <br />OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD LIKE TO USE THE ITALIAN AMERICAN'CLUB TO <br />FEED THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, BUT THE IACA FEELS THIS WOULD DISRUPT THE <br />FUNCTIONS OF THEIR CLUB. MR. CASSARA FELT THERE IS A WING IN THE OLD <br />HOSPITAL THAT COULD BE USED AS A HEADQUARTERS FOR A NEW COUNTY CENTER FOR <br />THE ELDERLY, AND ALSO A CAFETERIA THAT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. AS TO <br />THE COST AND OPERATION OF THIS PROJECT, HE FELT WE COULD GET THE ELDERLY <br />PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES AND RUN THE PLACE. HE ASKED THAT THE BOARD <br />GIVE THIS IDEA SOME CONSIDERATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING <br />REPORTS FROM OUR CONSULTANTS FOR UTILIZATION OF THE HOSPITAL, AND RE - <br />GENTLY WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS FROM SEVERAL GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AND NON- <br />GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES FOR SPACE IN THE BUILDING. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />PROGRAM WHICH MR. CASSARA IS SPEAKING OF IS ANOTHER FEDERAL PROGRAM RUN <br />BY THE COUNCIL ON AGING. THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD BE CON- <br />CERNED ABOUT THE COST OF OPERATING A RESTAURANT OR CAFETERIA, BUT AGREED <br />THAT THE IDEA DOES DESERVE CONSIDERATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB <br />MIGHT WISH TO COORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS WITH THE COUNCIL ON AGING. <br />D MR. CASSARA STATED THAT BASICALLY WHAT THEY NEED IS ROOMS AND <br />A BASE FROM WHICH TO WORK. <br />THE BOARD WILL GIVE THIS MATTER CONSIDERATION. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DIRECTOR REGAN CAME BEFORE <br />THE BOARD TO REQUEST DESIGNATION OF A DEPOSITORY FOR RECEIVING HUD <br />SECTION S FUNDS AND SUBMITTED THE SIGNATURE CARDS TO THE BOARD. HE NOTED <br />.'� THAT THESE CARDS TIE INTO THE CONTRACT BEING CONSIDERED. MR. REGAN <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ATTORNEY HAS REVIEWED THE ORIGINAL OF THE <br />CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND HAS SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS. <br />TO THE LANGUAGE, WHICH AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. <br />62 <br />aa 38 fm244 <br />DEC 2 0197 <br />� J <br />