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Advisory Task Force had approved those homes . Mr. Rohani suggested Mr. Mosley hold his questions until agenda item ##4 . THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION and the vote was unanimous ( 6 -0) , in favor of the motion . Review of Proposed CDBG =Economic Deve CVS Distribution Center lo ment Grant Application for Mr. Schutt reviewed the information contained in his memorandum , a copy of which is on file in the Commission Office , Mr. Wiggins knew large companies often brought their own employees into an area , and wanted to know how many jobs would be for residents of Indian River County ( IRC ) . Mr. Rohani believed approximately 330 would be locally hired . Chairman Lyles asked what kind of guarantee IRC had on the number of jobs , especially those for the low income category . Mr. Rohani responded CVS had claimed there would be 26 jobs , and they had to hire 51 % of the 26 jobs from the low and moderate income bracket . He continued the Department of Community Affairs would be monitoring CVS to ensure compliance . Mr. Mosley pointed out only 14 of the 350 jobs were guaranteed . Mr. Rohani explained IRC would not want CVS to have a majority of their jobs in the low income bracket. Chairman Lyles understood Mr. Rohani ' s point, and said the committee wanted to know how many of the 350 jobs would be available to IRC residents . Mr. Mosley expressed concern the majority of the well- paying jobs would be for employees brought in by the company. Mr. Idlette cited the last sentence on page two of Attachment 1 , and said he assumed most companies did not transfer employees in jobs satisfied by a high school education or less , but hired them locally . Mr. Rohani stated staff did not yet know how many employees would be locally hired , or what the salary ranges would be ; however, he believed the majority would be hired locally based on the nature of the jobs . Mr. Wiggins pointed out residents of surrounding counties would also be vying for the jobs . Mr. Rohani advised local jobs did not mean only for IRC , and briefly spoke about the Wal- Mart distribution center in St. Lucie County. -- Commissioner Neuberger opined the majority of the 350 jobs would be hired within IRC . Mr. Idlette did not believe this was an aspect the committee could control . CDBG/Unapproved 2 August 9, 2004 FXommunity Deve1opment\Users\CDBG\2004 ED\The Grant Application\Appendix H - CATF Min08 904 . doc