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r <br />CITY OF FELLSMERE <br />P.O. BOX 38 <br />FELLSMERE, FLORIDA 32948 <br />July 17, 1979 <br />Mr. Bill Wodtke, Chairman <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />Indian River County Courthouse <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Dear Mr. Wodtke: <br />It has come to our attention that the Board of County Commissioners is <br />considering the establishment of a County Housing Authority in an effort to <br />alleviate some of the poor housing conditions which now exist. I would like <br />to take this opportunity to request that in their deliberations the Board <br />consider the following: <br />1. That Fellsmere area has been designated within the Treasure Coast Regional <br />Planning Council's Regional Profile - Housing Addendum April, 1978 as one <br />of four areas within Indian River County with a "major concentration of <br />substandard housing"; . <br />2. According to the most recent housing statistics compiled, 37% of the <br />housing stock within the City of Fellsmere is substandard; and <br />3. That based on 1970 Census data and statistics compiled by the Bureau of <br />Business and Economic Research, University of Florida in 1974, the average <br />percapita income of Fellsmere residents is approximately 20% below that of <br />the average percapita income of the County resident, and 30% below that of <br />the State average. <br />Based on these findings I would like to respectfully request that the Board <br />consider the inclusion of the City offi llsmere within the jurisdictional purview <br />of any Housing Agency or Authority created to help remedy housing problems in <br />Indian River County. It is sincerely hoped that the creation of any such Housing <br />Authority or Agency will be undertaken in an effort to provide housing assistance <br />to all distressed areas of the County. <br />I salute your efforts at addressing this difficult issue and am prepared to assist <br />in any manner that might be helpful in your effort to improve the housing con- <br />ditions in the Fellsmere area. <br />Thank you very much for your consideration of this matter, and wishing you <br />the best of success, I am <br />/ncly, <br />, 2-0'--- S:/ <br />t, Jr., Mayor <br />4 <br />JUL 171979 <br />6h.-. . <br />is <br />BOOK J. PAGE 1.60 <br />I <br />