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JAN 281981 '45 %E724 5%%724 <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH <br />THE COUNTY'S PROCEDURES, AND HE HOPED WE HAVE A UNIFORM APPROACH <br />TO SUCH DEMOLITION AND THAT WE DOCUMENT WHY WE ARE ZEROING IN ON <br />THIS PARTICULAR CASE, <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ASSURED HIM THAT COUNTY POLICY IN THIS REGARD <br />HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED, HIS ONLY QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE REPORT <br />RECEIVED FROM ARCHITECT .JOHN CALMES IS SUFFICIENT FROM A LEGAL <br />STANDPOINT, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THAT IT WAS. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL IS A <br />LETTER SENT STATING THAT WE WERE GOING TO PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION ON <br />MAY 8TH, AND HE WISHED TO KNOW WHY WE DID NOT PROCEED AT THAT TIME. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT DR. FENNER CAME IN AND SAID <br />HE WAS GOING TO MAKE REPAIRS AND BRING THIS STRUCTURE UP TO CODE, <br />WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT HE HAD APPLIED FOR A SMALL BUSINESS <br />ADMINISTRATION LOAN TO DO THIS, WE CONTACTED THE SBA, REVIEWED THE <br />STATUS OF THIS SITE, AND ASKED IF THEY REALLY INTENDED TO MAKE A <br />COMMITMENT TO LEND MONEY FOR REPAIRING A STRUCTURE, WHICH, IN THE <br />BUILDING DEPARTMENTS ESTIMATION, WAS UNREPAIRABLE. THE SBA REVIEWED <br />THIS MATTER AND DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS MADE TO THEM <br />BY DR. FENNER WERE NOT CORRECT. THE MATTER WAS THEN -PUT ON THE SHELF <br />TEMPORARILY. ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT HE WAS VERY RELUCTANT <br />TO TELL,THE COMMISSION TO TEAR DOWN THIS STRUCTURE WHEN THE OWNER <br />SAID HE HAD A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE. APPARENTLY, THAT ALTERNATIVE IS <br />NOT AVAILABLE, BUT RATHER THAN ACT ON THE PREVIOUS NOTICE OF MAY 8TH, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WOULD PREFER TO GIVE THIS MAN ONE <br />MORE HEARING BEFORE TAKING ACTION, <br />QUESTION AROSE ABOUT FUNDS BUDGETED FOR DEMOLITION, AND <br />FINANCE DIRECTOR BARTON EXPLAINED THAT NO MONEY IS BUDGETED. IF <br />THE DEMOLITION IS DONE WITH OUR PERSONNEL, ROAD & BRIDGE ACCUMULATES <br />OUR COST FOR MANPOWER, EQUIPMENT, LANDFILL COSTS, ETC., AND THEN THE <br />ATTORNEY.PREPARES A LIEN TO BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THAT HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF <br />THE MOTION IF IT AUTHORIZED DEMOLITION. <br />