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MAY 7 0 MOK4 43 nu 432 . ATTORNEY O'NEILL ADVISED THAT AT THE YOUTH HALL, THEY OCCASIONALLY MIXED DELINQUENTS AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN, BUT HRS FELT THEY SHOULD NOT BE MIXED, WHICH IS THEIR INTENTION ALSO. COMMISSIONER LYONS WONDERED ABOUT THE LOCATION AND WHAT THE REASON WAS FOR NOT HAVING A LOCATION WHERE THE CHILDREN COULD WALK TO SCHOOL OR TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AS COMPARED TO HAVING TO BE TRANSPORTED. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE EXPENSE OF TRANSPORTATION. 'COMMISSIONER LOY ADVISED THE REASON WAS THE COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING STRICTLY AT COUNTY -OWNED LANDS AND DID NOT, AT THAT POINT, CONSIDER PURCHASING. SHE CONTINUED THAT HRS WOULD LIKE THE HOME TO BE IN THE CENTER OF VERO BEACH BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE. COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE THINKING IS NOT GEARED WITH THE EXCHANGE CLUB PROJECT, WHICH IS TO HAVE A PLACE TO PUT YOUNGSTERS IN THE COUNTY WHO DO NOT HAVE A HOME, NOT YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE IN TROUBLE. COMMIS- SIONER LOY REPORTED THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOSTER HOMES AND NOW WE ARE GETTING PUSHED OUT OF YOUTH HALL IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY; THAT IS THE BASIC NEED. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE COMMITTEE SHOULD SEARCH FOR PROPERTY TO PURCHASE. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED HE WOULD SUPPORT ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR.THIS PROJECT, AS HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE LAND THE EXCHANGE CLUB HAS SELECTED. ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS REITERATED THAT THE PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WAS A MARL PIT, THEN A STUMP DUMP, AND NOW HAS ABOUT 2' OF FILL OVER IT. HE CONTINUED THAT OVER THE YEARS IT HAS SETTLED, AND IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT SOMEDAY WILL FIND A USE. THE ADMINIS- TRATOR COMMENTED THAT ONCE A REQUEST WAS MADE BY A MAN WHO WANTED TO RENT THE PROPERTY TO PUT HIS HORSES ON, BUT THEN DID NOT. THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDED THAT HE WOULD BE CONCERNED TO HAVE HIS FAMILY RIDE HORSES THERE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER DEESON, THAT THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT A HOME FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN, AND IF THE COMMITTEE CAN FIND THE PROPER LOCATION THAT IS AGREEABLE WITH THE BOARD, THEY WILL SUPPORT THE ACQUISITION OF SUCH A PROPERTY.