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BOOK 2 - JUL L y l81 7 %E� VICE CHAIRMAN lAlODTKE STATED THAT HE HAD SOME SERIOUS RESERVATIONS OF HAVING A SHELTER IN THE CONFINES OF A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY - LIABILITY COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR. LEE NUZIE, CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR, COMMENTED THAT THEIR DISASTER PLAN WAS TO GET ALL RESIDENTS OUT OF THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY BY RECOMMENDING THAT THEY LEAVE THE AREA AS THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTERS FOR ALL PEOPLE. HE ADDED THAT IN THE LAST HURRICANE, 90% OF THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY RESIDENTS LEFT THEIR HOMES, AND CIVIL DEFENSE TRIES TO EDUCATE THEM TO LEAVE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. MR. NUZIE POINTED OUT THAT IF THERE WAS A TORNADO WATCH, THEY WOULD ONLY HAVE 10 TO 30 MINUTES TO EVACUATE, VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE COMMENTED THAT IN LIEU OF HAVING VILLAGE GREEN TAKE THEIR TWO RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND MAKE THEM INTO SHELTERS, THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE THE CASH INSTEAD. COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT CIVIL DEFENSE MIGHT BE USING THAT CASH TO UPGRADE THE BUILDINGS AND BUY ADDITIONAL GENERATORS AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE SHELTER, COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INQUIRED ABOVE PAVING. ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON FELT ALL THE PAVING COULD BE HANDLED IN THE FINAL SITE PLAN FOR VILLAGE GREEN SOUTH. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL THEN COMMENTED THAT THEIR REQUIREMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONITORING WELL WAS JUST FOR THE WASTE WATER CONDITION; THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR PROBLEM INVOLVED AT ALL. COMMISSIONER BIRD INQUIRED IF IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE RPC TO UPGRADE THE RECREATION BUILDING TO BE USED AS A SHELTER IN VILLAGE GREEN. THE RPC REPRESENTATIVE ADVISED THAT THEY REVIEWED A RECREATION BUILDING IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, AND IT WAS AGREEABLE TO THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR- BASED ON THAT EXPERIENCE, THE RPC SUGGESTED THE SAME FOR VILLAGE GREEN. VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHED TO BE HEARD.