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AUG 81979 Bou 41 n;r 345 <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER AND COMMUNITY :DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN TO <br />ATTEND HUD MEETINGS IN JACKSONVILLE ON AUGUST 22, 23, AND 24, 1979 AS <br />ABOVE, <br />MR. REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE RECENTLY EMPLOYED <br />A PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, TED REX, <br />AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE APPROVAL OF OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR HIM AND/OR <br />MR. REGAN TO REVIEW SECTION 8 PROGRAMS IN ST. LUCIE AND BREVARD COUNTIES <br />TO SEE HOW THEY MIGHT APPLY TO OUR PROGRAM. MR. REGAN STATED THAT THIS <br />WOULD NOT INVOLVE OVERNIGHT TRAVEL, BUT RATHER PERMISSION TO USE THE <br />VEHICLE THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY GRANTED APPROVAL OF OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL <br />FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN AND SECTION 8 PROGRAM MANAGER <br />TED REX AS REQUESTED ABOVE. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON DISCUSSED THE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR <br />WABASSO BEACH PARK, NOTING THAT A GOOD DEAL OF OBJECTION HAS BEEN RAISED <br />TO THE FENCE THAT HAS BEEN ERECTED THERE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE BOARD'S <br />INTENTION WAS TO PROTECT THE BEACH, NOT TO LOCK PEOPLE OUT. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT HE IS DISAPPOINTED THAT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN <br />HANDS AND TRIED TO DESTROY PUBLIC PROPERTY. COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED <br />THAT HIS ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WOULD HAVE BEEN TO REMOVE THE FENCE, <br />BUT HE FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THAT LINE OF THINKING BECAUSE OF THE <br />DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE BEACH ALREADY. HE DID NOT, HOWEVER, <br />BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR ACTIONS OF THE MINORITY, <br />BUT FELT THAT THIS DOES POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT THE BOARD WAS RIGHT <br />TO TAKE THE ACTION THEY DID. COMMISSIONER DEESON STATED THAT HE CANNOT <br />SUPPORT ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENT BEING MADE TO THE PARK UNTIL SUCH TIME <br />AS THE BOARD DECIDES TO PROVIDE 24 HOUR PROTECTION, BUT HE DID FEEL <br />THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE SUCH AS REMOVING THE PILINGS IN <br />THE OCEAN THAT ARE A DANGER, INSTALLING STEPS FROM THE BLUFF TO THE <br />BEACH AND PROTECTING THE BLUFF FROM THE VEHICLES. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE JUST <br />LEARNED THAT THE FENCE HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON, WITH <br />THE EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTH SIDE. <br />1"2 <br />