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School District of Indian River County, Larry and Ellen Rodin, and Michael Fecca, as well as a copy of portions of F.S. 309, Fair Housing. He also requested that staffs memorandum be included in the backup. (CLERK'S NOTE • THESE ITEMS ARE ON FILE WITH THE BACKUP FOR TODAY'S MEETING.) Charlie Block, Architect, 2044 14th Avenue, commented that this is a non-profit organization and entered into the record site maps, a proposed project plan and photographs of the area (INCLUDED WITH TODAY'S BACKUP). This is actually a multi -family property being developed as a single-family, pedestrian friendly, heavily landscaped project. Each residence will be 4600 square feet, have 6 bedrooms and 2 -car garages. Jerry Swanson, President of Sun -Up, spoke on behalf of 3388 residents of Indian River County identified as developmentally disabled. Sun -Up was formed as a 501(c)(3) in 1992 by concerned friends and parents of these disabled persons to make arrangements for their care in the event their parents should become unable to care for them. This project is not about technicalities and buffers, but about people less fortunate than we are who have the same frustrations and emotions as we do. These communities are springing up all over the nation in an effort to avoid institutionalization for these people. He is very proud of his involvement with Sun -Up and hoped the community would also be proud of this project. Ray Scent, 1615 71st Court, enthusiastically supported the project and suggested that any "up -scale" projects who might be opposed to this project might make a tax-free contribution to the project to bring it up to their level of approval. This is not a half -way house for recovering alcoholics or drug addicts but a safe home for human beings not as fortunate as most of us. If you met these people on the street, you would not be able to tell MARCH 12, 2002 -60-