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MAY 71980 Body 43 PAGE 433 DON MILLER, ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF THE COMMUNITY CHURCH, CAME AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED HOME. HE STATED THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH YOUTH IN PENNSYLVANIA AND IN MINNESOTA, AND AFTER DOING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE YOUTH THERE, HE FELT A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE HELPED BY HAVING SUCH A HOME FOR CHILDREN. HE, THEREFORE, WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. DON HANCOCK, 505 5TH STREET SW, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD IV AND SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, NOT TO THE PROJECT, BUT TO THE LOCATION AND POINTED OUT THE FOLLOWING REASONS: (1) THE LAND HAS BEEN USED FOR A STUMP DUMP, AND NO REAL SURVEY HAS BEEN DONE FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF RESTORING THE PROPERTY. ONE OF THE COUNTY TRACTORS GOT STUCK IN A HOLE WHILE MOWING THE PROPERTY AND THE DRIVER SAID THAT ANYBODY WOULD HAVE TO BE INSANE TO BUILD THERE. (2) TO USE DONATED MONEY FOR THE EXTRA EXPENSE OF PREPARING THE LAND IS NOT RIGHT. (3) SOONER OR LATER THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT. (4) HIS HOME IN THE AREA IS VALUED AT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND THIS HOME WILL DEFINITELY DEPRECIATE IT, PLUS DEPRECIATE THE PROPOSED HOMES THAT ARE TO BE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE CANAL FROM THE SITE. (5) DID NOT APPROVE OF `UNGOVERNABLE CHILDREN" AS DEFINED IN THE FLORIDA STATUTES. MR. HANCOCK CONCLUDED BY NOTING THAT WHEN INCOME TAX WAS PROPOSED IN THE 1930S, THE GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD NEVER GO ABOVE 3% - AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. DUDLEY CLYATT, 1765 27TH AVENUE, COMMENTED THAT HE WAS A MAN OF FEW WORDS - HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE PROJECT, BUT THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO PUT IT IN THE WRONG PLACE. TOM CULLER, MEMBER OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND COMMENTED THAT HE HAS DONATED HIS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES TO -THE PROJECT. HE ADVISED THAT HE IS A NEIGHBOR TO THE PROJECT, LIVING IN MIRAFLORES, AND IS ONE OF MR. GOLLNICK'S 50 NEW MEMBERS TO THE RACQUET CLUB, MR. CULLER SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE STUMP DUMP � � s