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SEP 2 41980 BOOK 44 PACE 636 DISCUSSION RE LEASE RE EXCHANGE HOME - APPROVED FOR ADVERTISING WITH CHANGES ATTORNEY COLLINS REVIEWED THE PROPOSED LEASE FOR THE EXCHANGE YOUTH HOME SUBMITTED BY ATTORNEY CIANFRONE AND INFORMED THE BOARD HE WAS LOOKING FOR AUTHORITY TO ADVERTISE EVEN THOUGH HE REALIZED THE LEASE COULD NOT BE SIGNED TODAY. COMMISSIONER LYONS QUESTIONED THE 99 -YEAR TERM OF THE LEASE, AND ALSO ON PAGE 2, CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS, HE FELT IT SHOULD SPECIFY THAT THE HOUSING FACILITY WILL "PROVIDE LIVING SPACE IN A HOMELIKE ATMOSPHERE TO MINORS. If HE POINTED OUT THAT WE DO NOT WISH TO BUILD AN INSTITUTION. COMMISSIONER LYONS THEN NOTED THAT THE LEASE SAYS THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID HOUSING FACILITY SHALL INCLUDE "A SUBSTANTIAL HEAVILY WOODED, LANDSCAPED OUTDOOR AREA, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE " SINCE THAT IS THE TYPE OF AREA INVOLVED, HE DID NOT FEEL THE "IF AT ALL POSSIBLE It SHOULD BE IN THERE AS IT MIGHT BE AN INVITATION TO CUT THE TREES DOWN�AND IF AT A LATER DATE THEY WANTED TO EXPAND, WE WOULNDIT HAVE THE SAME ATMOSPHERE WE STARTED OUT WITH. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT THIS LEASE IS ALMOST WORD FOR WORD THE SAME AS THE LEASE FOR ST. FRANCIS MANOR. THE GROUP ENVISIONED GOING BACK AND OBTAINING MORTGAGE MONEY TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE. THE COUNTY IS NOT SUBORDINATING ITS INTEREST IN THE LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MORTGAGE MONEY, BUT IT IS WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT THE BANK COULD FORECLOSE ON THE BUILDING AND THE IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME OTHER TENANT COULD BE IN THERE - THAT IS THE RISK. ATTORNEY COLLINS ALSO QUESTIONED THE TERM OF THE LEASE AND FELT THE FINANCING WOULD NOT REQUIRE MORE THAN A SO, OR POSSIBLY 40 YEAR TERM. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THE LEASE ON THE SUNSHINE CENTER WAS FOR 40 YEARS, ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT WE SHOULD SPECIFY A TIME PERIOD WHEREIN THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSTRUCT THE PREMISES, AND IF THEY DON T, WE TERMINATE, HE ALSO FELT WE NEED TO BETTER DEFINE THE