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Commissioner Lyons felt it should be noted that we feel the costs of making the old Welfare Building habitable are unreasonable and on that basis we feel we have taken all reasonable steps to make the space in the Courthouse habitable not only for people with normal problems but for those who are more than normally sensitive. Commissioner Wodtke believed it would be a great imposition on the Veterans of Foreign Wars if they had to sign an agreement to let the County use their parking spaces since it is possible this might cause problems where they would not be in compliance with their parking either. Veterans Service Officer Jerry Cook reported that the bar at the VFW is open for several hours daily and it does a booming business. They will have two parking lots; they have an old building that will be razed which will provide additional parking. Commissioner Lyons asked if Mr. Cook knew how the VFW would answer such a request from the county. Mr. Cook stated he has discussed this with the VFW and believed they are of the same mind as this august body. He noted that when the VFW meets with VFWs of other counties, they find their group considered a complete joke because of this situation. Other VFW groups cannot understand how an individual's medical problems can manipulate a governing body of elected officials. Mr. Cook continued that if this Board chooses to renovate the Welfare Building for the Judge, he believed he could get permission from the VFW to allocate one complete parking section to the Judge's use, but believed this would be an exercise in futility because he is conversant with the City zoning laws and does not believe the City legally can go along with what the Judge wants done. Mr. Cook felt the 19,000 veterans in this county are on the Board's side. 79 SEP221982 9001, 51 MEMO-