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A" 215 1997 BOOK d F,S,E •� 9 Attorney Vitunac believed the EOC sublease itself will run out within one year and that will solve the whole matter. Administrator Chandler advised that we have attempted to bring the two parties together to resolve this, but to no avail. Mr. Ervin Cartwright, vice president of the Wabasso Progressive Civic League, explained that ALPI's lease with the EOC is only for classrooms 20 and 21. They also gave them the use of the original dietitians's office next to the cafeteria, but they began to bring the children into the cafeteria on rainy days. There wasn't any conflict until they allowed the children to bring their toys into the cafeteria and bang them into the walls. The Civic League does not object to the children, but they do object to the children not being properly supervised and the resulting damage to the walls. They also object to the way the building is being kept. He explained that Mrs. Adie Bennett of the Title XX child day care center started to store things in the dietitian's office and it became a very crowded storage room. When they tried to evict her last September, Mrs. Bennett tried to override all:of the Civic League's complaints so she could get a lease on the cafeteria. Chairman Eggert asked if there is any other space that they could be using other than the cafeteria, but Mr. Jenkins, director of the EOC, stressed that the EOC leased the property to the WPCL but also leased properties to ALPI. The board of directors of EOC has not received any criticism concerning the use of the building by ALPI. Had they received any complaints, they would have checked into it, but that would have been done by a regulatory agency. Mr. Jenkins stated that they don't have any problem with sitting down with Mr. Cartwright and trying to work out a solution to the problem. Technically, the properties are under the lease of the EOC and they would hate to see such a viable child care program run out of the center. They have 67 children in the Title XX program, which has an annual budget of over $300,000. Mr. Cartwright pointed out that 67 children is far above what the Fire Department allows. County Attorney Vitunac advised that the EOC has a 20 -year lease from the County and gave a license to the WPCL for the use of the cafeteria. The WPCL is operating under the good auspices of the EOC, not the County. Actually, the EOC could evict the WPCL after a 30 -day notice. Instead, we have the tenant trying to throw out the landlord. Commissioner Scurlock felt that since the lease is with the EOC and will remain with the EOC, they should get together with the Wabasso Progressive Civic League to resolve their differences. 20