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AUG 2 21979 BOOK 41 PAGE 379 ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE HAS DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE ZONING DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE PERSONALLY CHECKED THE PROPERTIES, VERIFIED THE OWNERS, KNOW THAT THE STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY THEY DESCRIBE AND HAVE WRITTEN CONSENTS. HE, THEREFORE, FELT IT IS ALL RIGHT TO PROCEED, BUT EMPHASIZED THAT WE MUST BE POSITIVE THAT THE STRUCTURES ARE ON THE PROPER PROPERTY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED ABOUT FURTHER VERIFICATION OF THE LOW INCOME STATUS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND MR. REGAN STATED THAT THE ZONING INSPECTORS WORKING WITH THESE CASES HAVE ADVISED HIM THAT THEY ARE LOW INCOME AND THIS ALSO HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY MRS. HABBAKUK WHITFIELD OF THE WABASSO CIVIC LEAGUE, WHO IS VERY KNOWL- EDGABLE OF THE COMMUNITY. VICE CHAIRMAN LOY BROUGHT UP THE MATTER OF ANY MORTGAGES OR LIENS AGAINST THIS PROPERTY. ZONING DIRECTOR WALKER FELT THERE WERE NO MORTGAGES OR LIENS, BUT STATED THAT THERE ARE LAWSUITS. HE STATED THAT THE LAWYERS WERE CONTACTED, AND THEY INSTRUCTED THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD REMOVE THE STRUCTURES AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS. ATTORNEY COLLINS INSTRUCTED THE ZONING DIRECTOR TO GET A LETTER FROM THE ATTORNEYS INVOLVED AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL OF THE STRUCTURES. MR. REGAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT TWO OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE BURNED OUT, AND HE FELT THE OTHERS ARE SUCH THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE MORTGAGEABLE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE COUNTY BE HELD HARMLESS FOR THE DEMOLITION. COMMISSIONER LYONS WITHDREW HIS MOTION FOR PURPOSES OF RE- WORDING, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT WITHDREW HIS SECOND, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS - SIGNER SIEBERT TO APPROVE CLEARANCE AND DEMOLITION UNDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF THE STRUCTURES LOCATED ON THE FOLLOWING DE- SCRIBED PROPERTIES, SUBJECT TO LETTERS BEING RECEIVED FROM ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING ANY OF SAID PROPERTY OWNERS STATING THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO SUCH REMOVAL AND THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE HELD HARMLESS: VIOLA R. CLARK AND ANNIE LYNCH (29-31-39-0000-5000-00014.0)