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_I <br />BOOK <br />JUL 1 1981 <br />6 PAGE 746 <br />THEY ARE EAR -MARKED FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC. HE WONDERED IF THOSE <br />FUNDS COULD BE USED TO DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE, IF THEIR REQUEST WAS <br />FOR FUNDS TO REPAIR THE HURRICANE DAMAGE, <br />ATTORNEY GRAHAM RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVELY AND ADDED THAT THE <br />REQUEST WAS NOT ONLY FOR HURRICANE DAMAGE, BUT WOULD BE USED FOR <br />SOME COMMERCIAL PROCESS, AND FUNDS WOULD BE FUNNELED THROUGH THIS <br />DISASTER LOAN. HE THEN REITERATED THAT SBA WANTS DR. FENNER TO <br />SETTLE HIS DISPUTE WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE THEY CAN SEE IF HE CAN <br />STILL QUALIFY�FOR THE LOAN. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT PRESENTING ALL THE FACTS TO THE <br />SBA. <br />ATTORNEY GRAHAM SUMMARIZED THAT IF THEY COULD RESOLVE THEIR <br />DIFFERENCES WITH THE COUNTY, AGREE ON THE SERIES OF FACTS - AND THOSE <br />FACTS PROVE THAT THE HURRICANE CAUSED THE DAMAGE - SBA WILL APPROVE <br />THE LOAN. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HE WANTED A COMMITMENT <br />SAYING THAT IF THE LOAN IS NOT RECEIVED, DR. FENNER WOULD TAKE THE <br />BUILDING DOWN. <br />ATTORNEY GRAHAM STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT AGREE TO THAT. <br />JOHN CALMES, ARCHITECT, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND ADVISED <br />THAT HE HAD PERFORMED THE INSPECTION OF THE HIGHLAND MOTEL ON DECEMBER <br />3, 1980 AND SUBMITTED A REPORT DATED DECEMBER 22, 1980 ALONG WITH A <br />SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE ON-SITE INSPECTION. IN HIS <br />OPINION, THERE WAS NOT VERY MUCH THAT WAS SALVAGEABLE IN THE BUILDING. <br />HE CITED AS EXAMPLES: MOST OF THE WIRING THAT WAS EXPOSED TO THEIR <br />VIEW WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE; PANEL BOXES WERE OF THE OLD <br />TYPE; AND THE CEILING AREAS HAD NOT BEEN INSULATED. ALSO, VANDALISM <br />WAS DISPLAYED, THERE HAD BEEN A FIRE IN ONE ROOM, AND TWO CEILING <br />JOISTS WERE SEVERED. MR. CALMES WENT ON THAT SINCE THEIR INSPECTION, <br />SEVERAL WALLS HAVE COLLAPSED AND THE BUILDING HAS RECEIVED FURTHER <br />DETERIORATION. HE COMMENTED THAT IF THE ROOMS OF THE MOTEL WOULD <br />MEET THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS, MAYBE SOME OF THE WALLS WOULD BE SALVAGEABLE. <br />MR. CALMES AFFIRMED THAT MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED DUE TO <br />DETERIORATION, VANDALISM; ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING WAS <br />OUT -DATED AND NOT UNDER CODE. <br />