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INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS EXPLAINED�TO THE BOARD THAT HE MET RECENTLY WITH MAYOR SUIT REGARDING HIS REQUEST. HE CONTINUED THAT THE FIRST THREE ITEMS MENTIONED IN MR. SUIT'S LETTER ARE NOT SITUATED IN FELLSMERE, BUT ARE ACTUALLY IN .JAMES CARTER -HALL SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO FELLSMERE. MR. THOMAS FURTHER STATED THAT TWO OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED IN THE LETTER HAVE BEEN SOLD, AND THAT PREVIOUSLY THESE LOTS HAD BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE CITY OF FELLSMERE. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD AGAIN PUT THE LOTS UP FOR SALE. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT LOTS I AND 2 OF BLOCK 96 AND LOTS S AND 6 OF BLOCK 77 HAVE BEEN SOLD. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF WE STILL HAD THE APPRAISALS ON THE REMAINING LOTS,AND MR. THOMAS ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PUT THE REMAINING LOTS UP FOR SALE, AS ENUMERATED".IN MAYOR SUIT'S LETTER OF.APRIL LOTH, AND TO NOTIFY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE PROPOSED SALE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED WE GIVE THE LOTS TO THE CITY OF FELLSMERE. BOARD SECRETARY FORLANI COMMENTED THAT THE BIDS WE RECEIVED THE LAST TIME THE LOTS WERE OFFERED FOR SALE WERE TOO LOW AND WONDERED IF WE SHOULD MAKE KNOWN THE APPRAISAL VALUE OF THE'LOTS. 1 THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FRANK ZORC, PRESIDENT OF ST. FRANCIS MANOR, .CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF ST. FRANCIS MANOR WHICH IS THE ONLY LOW COST, NON-PROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY.. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AFTER FIVE YEARS, THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDS, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 62 APARTMENTS WITH75 RESIDENTS. THEY HAVE A LONG WAITING LIST, AND THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED FOR MORE APARTMENTS. MR. ZORC CONTINUED THAT AT TODAY'S COSTS IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO ACQUIRE E Booz 39 ext 4:36