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I <br />Dear Ms. Gunter S <br />Please place �me on the temb2000 Commission agenda to discuss <br />Extreme - St and Livns of elderly in our County. <br />XC To All concerned Parties <br />Mike Kaiser Press Journal Writer <br />Frank Zorc was very impressed with the Task Force report and noted that his interest <br />in the homeless and elderly did not begin with his race for office. He has been President of <br />the St. Vincent- de Paul Society for 20 years and has been providing assistance to the <br />homeless and elderly for over 40 years in this community. For 20 years he has also been <br />President of St. Francis Manor, providing 500 senior citizens with a roof over their heads. <br />Several years ago when the homeless center was scheduled to be closed, he assisted in <br />raising funds to keep them alive. There are elderly people in this County up to the age of 93 <br />living with no water or sewer services, primarily in the Wabasso area. He asked the Board <br />to assess those conditions and to give consideration to a fund of one million dollars to be <br />used expressly for private water wells for those citizens, at no cost to the residents. Many <br />of these people own their property but cannot afford the assessments necessary to connect <br />to water and sewer systems. He believed that if the Board can afford to subsidize ballplayers <br />and fight acts of Mother Nature, it is time for this Commission to become more sensitive to <br />all these citizens. <br />Commissioner Ginn questioned how these people get water, and Chairman Adams <br />noted that they carry water from a neighbor's house. <br />9 <br />NO ACTION REQUIRED OR TAKEN. <br />SEPTEp�BfI2�9��09Q <br />G U 4 <br />tlK i <br />-42- <br />• <br />