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Ms. Wakefield continued to answer questions from Attorney Henderson, and explained how their efforts of repairs failed with the onset of Hurricane Wilma in 2005, while they were still in the process of carrying out repairs on damages sustained from prior hurricanes. She also explained why the negotiations with The Crossings to sell the facility failed. She identified a copy of a letter from Jones & Jones dated October 1, 2006, as the proposal to do renovations at the Alcohope facility. (Clerk's Note: entered into evidence by Attorney Henderson, Exhibit 4 Letter from Jones & Jones with Estimates) Ms. Wakefield admitted that the efforts to have The Crossings occupy the facility ended in January 2006, and described the series of events that subsequently occurred. She said the Agency had a need to provide facilities for another program, the Mobile Crisis Response Team, and they felt the administrative building at Alcohope sustained the least amount of damage and that it would be easy to prepare that facility for Mobile Crisis. Ms. Wakefield recounted the efforts made to have the building returned to habitable conditions, which activities took place from February 2006 to April 2006, including all the repairs undertaken to make the building habitable. Ms. Wakefield admitted that the Mobile Crisis Response Team moved into the property on May 15, 2006. She noted that May 2006 was when The Source showed an interest in the property, which was after the time the Mobile Crisis Team was located there. She identified a copy of the contract between New Horizons and I Am Ministries, Inc. dated June 21, 2006, which implied that The Source showed an interest in the property in May and entered into contract in June. (Clerk's Note: entered into evidence by Attorney Henderson, Exhibit S Contract between New Horizons & I Am Ministries, Inc., for Sale and Purchase) April 24, 2008 26 Special Call Meeting (The Source)