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BOOK S9 PACE212 <br />also those who are emotionally disabled, for addicts who are <br />trying to recover and need halfway houses, for the young and for <br />the old. He agreed the issues of density and economics are both <br />very important, and the City is also looking into their zoning <br />regulations in this regard. Mr. Winchester felt that there is <br />consistent agreement among professionals that somewhere around 8 <br />clients plus house parents is the appropriate mix in the case of <br />the mentally retarded, and he urged the Board to sustain the <br />Planning & Zoning Commission's decision. <br />Frank Julian came before the Board representing the local <br />Knights of Columbus. He advised that their organization of about <br />400 members have supported the ARC in every endeavor and raise a <br />lot of money for them. He believed we can be proud of anything <br />the ARC does. <br />Mr. Metcalf wished to have some things clarified. It was <br />said earlier that the house previously was being used as a foster <br />care facility with 14 children. The people who operated that <br />house as a foster care facility moved out 3 or more years ago, <br />and only one family has lived in it since then. If there was an <br />open sewer there, he is very concerned, because he believed that <br />was supposedly policed and controlled by our health officers. <br />Mr. Metcalf also felt the -questions about the money to operate <br />the home and how the home will be operated are fundamental <br />questions that have to be answered, especially before a facility <br />is put in that is going to impact the community as he feels it <br />will. As to so-called house "parents," Mr. Metcalf understood <br />the occupants are not children, but actually male adults ranging <br />between 20 to 50 years in age, and he had thought the plans were <br />for 8 people total. Anything more than that he felt represents a <br />congregate living facility, and Mr. Metcalf stated that he still <br />resents having his neighborhood being put on the block in the <br />trade-offs being made. <br />Commissioner Eggert believed that any septic problem is <br />being dealt with and a septic system is -going in. <br />a <br />30 <br />7_1 <br />1 <br />