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Commissioner Scurlock questioned the purpose of withholding the name of the company, and Mr. Nelson felt there are several obvious reasons that the majority of companies coming into an area like this do not want the company name bandied about, especially when they have a lot of employees. Commissioner Wodtke raised a question as to documenta- tion of the necessary access and building of a road. Mr. Nelson stated that the contract for the purchase of the land includes having a road the length of the property, and the road will be built to county standards. Bob Byer next came before the Board representing Helene Holding Company and stated that the company today has about 60 or 70 employees who would be immediately affected by the move to the proposed site. It will take perhaps six to eight months to arrange for the design and construction of the facility, and they do not want their continuing operations impacted by people who may feel that to commute to this new site would be too far for them. J. B. Norton of the Vero Beach Chamber of Commerce urged the Board to approve the three step project which has been presented by staff. He noted that while Indian River County has the fifth highest household income in the State of Florida, it also has the third highest unemployment figure -in the state, and we are not providing jobs to take up the slack. Dale Manufacturing in Wabasso will be going back to their main office in Ohio, and this will put us down another 40 jobs. Mr. Norton reported that he has visited the subject plant and checked everything out he could think of, and he is completely convinced that they will fit into this community and not disrupt our lifestyle. He has been told they anticipate 1,000 employees within five years. Mr. Norton urged the Board to give this request a favorable vote. 102 NOV 1 6 1983 BQO 5 PAC.�0