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=I. <br />MR. WILLIAMS QUESTIONED WHETHER MRS. SMITH WAS IN A POSITION <br />TO REPAIR THE BUILDING. HE POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE <br />TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE, HE DID NOT FEEL IT WAS FAIR TO HIM OR TO THE <br />PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY TO BE LEFT <br />IN SUCH POOR CONDITION. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER SCURLOCK, FOR THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY TO SERVE AN <br />EVICTION NOTICE, AS APPROVED BY MRS. SMITH, TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE <br />HOUSE OWNED BY CAROLYN DELORES SMITH, LOCATED AT 4LI39 35TH AVENUE, <br />GIFFORD, FLORIDA, AND THAT WITHIN 3O DAYS AFTER THE EVICTION, MRS. <br />SMITH WILL TAKE EVIDENCE TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT SHE PLANS TO <br />BRING THE BUILDING UP TO CODE; OTHERWISE, THE COUNTY WILL TAKE THE <br />NECESSARY STEPS TO REMOVE THE BUILDING AND PLACE NECESSARY LIENS ON <br />THE PROPERTY; AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR BE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE THE <br />COUNTY CREW CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT <br />SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MRS, SMITH. <br />MRS. RYMER POINTED OUT THAT NOTHING WOULD PREVENT MRS. SMITH <br />FROM GETTING STARTED ON THIS RIGHT NOW. THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT COULD <br />MAKE THEIR INSPECTION SOME TIME THIS WEEK, AND MRS. SMITH COULD START <br />FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD HAVE TO BE SET ASIDE FOR REPAIRS, <br />AFTER CONFERRING WITH A CONTRACTOR. SHE ADDED THAT IT MAY NOT BE <br />FEASIBLE FOR HER TO BRING THE BUILDING UP TO CODE. MRS, RYMER DID <br />NOT THINK MRS. SMITH SHOULD BE GIVEN 3O DAYS BEYOND THE EVICTION NOTICE <br />PROCEDURE, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 2O DAYS TO PROCESS, <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT HE AGREED WITH MRS. RYMER. <br />MRS. SMITH POINTED OUT THAT SHE COULD NOT GET A CONTRACTOR <br />TO ENTER THE HOUSE WHILE IT WAS BEING OCCUPIED. SHE REITERATED THAT <br />SHE HAS ASKED HER RELATIVES, WHO PAY HER NO RENT, TO LEAVE THE HOUSE <br />BUT THEY WILL NOT. <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON EMPHATICALLY STATED HE DID NOT THINK <br />MRS. SMITH SHOULD BE GIVEN ANY MORE TIME BECAUSE HE CONTACTED HER <br />60 DAYS AGO AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD CLEAN UP THE PLACE. <br />25 <br />BOOK 47 PAGE 2n0 <br />