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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1/8/1974THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, MET IN SPECIAL SESSION AT THE VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1973, AT 7:40 O'CLOCK P.M. PRESENT WERE ALMA LEE LOY, CHAIRMAN; EDWARD J. MASSEY, VICE CHAIRMAN;. WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR.; JACK U. DRITENBAS; RICHARD P. BOGOSIAN. ALSO PRESENT WERE JACK G. JENNINGS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR; PAUL D. BURCH, ATTORNEY TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS; L. S. THOMAS, COUNTY FINANCIAL COORDINATOR AND ROY KIRKLAND, DEPUTY CLERK. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED 150 BED FACILITY FOR YOUTHFUL FIRST OFFENDERS TO BE LOCATED IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THE CHAIRMAN WELCOMED AND COMMENDED ALL FOR THEIR INTEREST WHICH WAS INDICATED BY THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING. THE CHAIRMAN THEN INTRODUCED THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHESTER CLEM. THE CHAIRMAN THEN INTRODUCED MR. LOUIS WAINWRIGHT, DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION AND ASKED HIM TO INTRODUCE ALL MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF. MR. WAINWRIGHT INTRODUCED HIS STAFF OF FOUR MEMBERS SEATED ON THE PLATFORM: T. P. JONES; REV. H. D. PERRY; ANABEL P. MITCHELL; DAVE BACIIIANAN. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED THAT ALL OTHER STAFF MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE STAND UP. THIRTEEN "ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS STOOD UP. CHAIRMAN LOY THEN COMMENTED THAT IN THE PAST OUR CITIZENS HAD ALWAYS TREATED GUESTS IN A MOST COURTEOUS AND GRACIOUS MANNER. MR. WAINWRIGHT WAS THEN ASKED WHY IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND EIGHTEEN MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION'S STAFF TO VERO BEACH AT THIS TIME, AND WHY DID THEY NOT SEND THESE PEOPLE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO? MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT HE DID HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE, BUT 'APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LACK OF INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THIS. HE ALSO STATED THAT GOVERNOR ASKEW AND SECRETARY KELLER WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND THAT THEY WERE CON- TINUING TO MAKE PLANS BASED ON POPULATION INCREASES. UNDER THE NEW PLAN THEY DID NOT INTEND TO BUILD ANY INSTITUTION LARGER THAN FOR 300 INMATES. MR. WAINWRIGHT WAS THEN ASKED WHY THEY DID NOT BUILD ON STATE OWNED LAND IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY. HE ANSWERED THAT THE LAND WAS REQUESTED, BUT THE BOARD OF REGENTS REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO THEM. HE FURTHER SAID THAT SECRETARY KELLER DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED LAND IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND AT THIS POINT MR. WAINWRIGHT COMMENTED THAT HE HAD NOT SEEN ANY FENCES BETWEEN THE COUNTY LINES: MR. WAINWRIGHT TOLD REPRESENTATIVE CLEM THAT THERE WOULD BE 20,000 INMATES SOON AT OUR PRESENT RATE, AND 58% WOULD BE UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE. HE STATED IT WOULD BE A CAMPUS TYPE BUILDING WITH DECORATIVE FENCES AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE TO KEEP ESCAPES TO A MINIMUM. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE COST APPRAISALS WERE DONE BY VERY RESPECTABLE APPRAISORS AND THAT THE PRICE IS A MOOT QUESTION. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE INSTITUTION WOULD HAVE MANY EFFECTS ON THE COMMUNITY. THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN JAYCEE GROUPS, MARCH OF DIMES AND BLOOD BANKS. THEY WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THEIR STAFF TO BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, JOIN IN THE VARIOUS CLUBS, CHURCHES, AND SO FORTH. AT THIS TIME CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE CITIZENS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THESE MINUTES REFLECT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DIRECTED AT BOTH THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BY SOME OF THE PERSONS WHO CHOSE TO SPEAK. LARRY GRAHAM ASKED MR. WAINWRIGHT HOW LARGE A TASK FORCE HE WOULD BRING TO VERO BEACH WHEN AN INMATE BROKE OUT AND TERRORIZED OUR COMMUNITY. MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT AT APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA, THEY HAD ONLY ONE BREAK-OUT IN ELEVEN YEARS. JACK STINSON STATED THAT THIS MATTER HAS BEEN BEFORE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PREVIOUSLY AND HE THOUGHT THEY WERE ALREADY AWARE OF THE THINKING OF THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. THIS INSTITUTION IS WITHOUT MERIT AND HE RESENTED A TASK FORCE BEING SENT IN AND ALL THIS TAX MONEY BEING WASTED. JOHN MORRISON STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF -APPROPRIATE COMMENTS ON THE CON -GAME BEFORE US TONIGHT. HE FELT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MOST REMARKABLY INEPT HANDLING OF THIS MATTER IN OUR COUNTY. IT IS WITHOUT CREDITABILITY. MR. MORRISON CONTINUED THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE PENAL SYSTEM SHOULD USE SUCH INTIMIDATION AND FURTHER WARNED THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY "A PUSH WILL GET YOU A SHOVE." MR. MORRISON STATED HE RESENTED THIS STAFF IMPLYING THAT OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE MISLEAD THE PUBLIC IN SOME WAY. THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITH THE PRESS COVERAGE WE HAVE HERE. HE ALSO RESENTED MR. WAINWRIGHT STATING THAT OUR PEOPLE WERE UNCHRISTIAN BEWSE WE DID NOT WANT A HOOSEGOW IN OUR COMMUNITY. MR. MORRISON ALSO WONDERED IF THE FACT THAT WE WERE A REPUBLICAN COUNTY HAD ANY BEARING ON THE MATTER, AND HE WANTED TO KNOW WHY THIS PRISON COULD NOT BE BUILT ON SOME OF THE PROPERTY AT JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK. HE ALSO QUES- TIONED WHY THE SUNSHINE LAW APPARENTLY DOES NOT APPLY ON A STATE LEVEL AND CONTINUED THAT AT SUCH TIME AS IT BECOMES NECESSARY TO HAVE AN INSTITUTION IN THIS COUNTY HE HOPED IT WOULD BE A VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER. MR. WAINWRIGHT REPLIED HE DID NOT INTEND TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO PICK FRUIT. LANDIS KETNER STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS IN- STITUTION WOULD BE NEAR A NEW AIRPORT IN THE AREA. MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT MOST INSTITUTIONS HAVE THEIR OWN AIR STRIP, AND THAT THERE ARE NO 18 TO 22 YEAR'_ OLD AIV IATORS. JEAN MC CULLOUGH STATED THAT VERO BEACH IS A UNIQUE COMMUNITY, AND WE LOVE IT. MANY OF THE -STABLE FAMILY TYPES ARE MOVING WITH THE -GROWTH PATTERN TO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE THIS IN- STITUTION IS TO BE LOCATED. WE LIVE IN THIS AREA AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE COUNTY OFFICIALS THAT WE HAVE._ ALSO, WHY DIDN'T YOU COME TO US FIRST? ANNA McPRAVITT STATED THAT WE ARE IN FAVOR OF OUR COMMIS- SIONERS AND REPRESENTATIVE CLEM AND ARE OPPOSED TO THIS INSTITUTION, AND ASKED WHY CAN'T WE TURN IT DOWN. '.: MR. WAINWRIGHT ANSWERED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS OWN THE PROPERTY, NOT US. �.'L ` ii 7 - 3 - 000x 19 PACE 03 DAVID MEYERS STATED THAT THE CRUCIAL THING IS TO BE HUMANISTIC AND REALISTIC.' HE ASKED IF THE EMPLOYEES WILL BE HIRED LOCALLY OR WILL THEY BE EMPLOYED FROM TALLAHASSEE AND STATED IT MIGHT GIVE US A SHOT IN THE ARM. MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT MOST WILL BE HIRED FROM THE LOCAL AREA, NOTING THEY WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN BLACKS. HE SAID THAT 75 TO 80% OF THE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE FROM THE LOCAL AREA. MR. MEYERS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS OBSERVA- TION, "I AM ONLY SPEAKING FOR ME AND NOT FOR ALL BLACK PEOPLE." WALLACE GOSSETT STATED THAT HE WAS HERE TO REPRESENT THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTY - FIRST WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE OF THESE KIDS. HE WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS INSTITUTION STATING THAT IF HE HAD A CHILD IN TROUBLE, HE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMEONE TO COUNSEL HIM. CHARLES TRUE STATED HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE YOUTH - 80% ARE REPEATERS. HE FELT THIS IS A FINE PROPOSITION AND WILL DO FAR MORE THAN I CAN DO. JOE EARMAN STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN, BUT HE WOULD CALL IT LIKE IT IS. HE STATED THAT HE IS CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND HAD TALKED TO THE GOVERNOR THIS MORNING. THE CABINET WILL NOT MAKE THE DECISION WHERE THE FACILITY IS LOCATED. THEY ONLY APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY MONEY. THE QUESTION IS - DO THEY WANT TO SPEND THE $200,000 PLUS? IT APPEARS THE GOVERNOR'S VOTE IS LIKELY TO BE THE TIE-BREAKER. THE GOVERNOR IS EXTREMELY HONORABLE AND HONEST, AND HE DOES PAY HIS INCOME TAXES. HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VOTE. MR. EARMAN CONTINUED THAT HE WILL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA JUST HOW HE SEES IT. "MY BACKGROUND IS SIMPLE. I AM AGREEING WITH THE PROPONENTS AND THE OPPONENTS - WHY ARE WE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE?" MR. EARMAN ADDRESSED HIS REMARKS TO THE STAFF AND SAID, "YOUR MONEY DOES NOT RUN OUT FOR ELEVEN MONTHS. THERE ARE MANY ACRES IN THIS PART OF FLORIDA. WE NEED FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD ALTERNATIVES. WHAT IS YOUR HURRY?" A WOMAN THEN INQUIRED IF THE PETITIONS HAD BEEN READ AND IF THEY HAD LISTENED TO REPRESENTATIVE CLEM. -4- JAN 61934 BOOK 19 na 04 MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT THEY HAD READ THE PETITIONS, AND THEY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH:MR. CLEM, BOB SCHLITT STATED HE HAS BEEN ON RECORD AS BEING IN FAVOR OF THE FACILITY. IT IS ONE THING TO SAY WE SHOULD HAVE PRISON REFORM AND ANOTHER TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE EITHER SUPPORT THE INSTITUTION OR JUST DO NOT CARE. MANY OF THE PEOPLE HE TALKED TO IN THE CLUBS THAT SENT IN PETITIONS SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT CONTACTED. MR. SCHLITT ASKED, "IF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS SUCCESSFUL IN WORKING AGAINST THE INSTITUTION, WILL YOU STILL RECOMMEND IT TO THE CABINETV MR, WAINWRIGHT STATED, "I HAVE ALREADY DONE SO." BACH NIELSEN APPEARED AND PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLU- TION FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. - 5 - r an" 1 n q 4 RESOLUTION NO. 2500 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vero Beach, Florida has been notified that•the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Corrections intends to purchase land and construct a 150 bed prison for first time offenders in Indian River County, Florida, and WHEREAS, said City Council is advised that the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida did conduct a public hearing on November 7, 1973 regarding the proposal of the Division of Corrections and did determine that the citizens of Indian River County do not wish a prison to be constructed in this County for the following reasons: (a) It would require the expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars for .road construction as the proposed site is not on or near a paved road. (b) Adequate low or medium priced housing is not available in Indian River. County and most of the proposed 97 employees would have to find housing in St. Lucie County. (c) Indian River County is not an urban county and the Florida Legislature mandated that this prison be built in an urban area. . (d) The prison would have a negative impact on the economy, population and the tourist trade in Indian River County. (e) Required local services of schools, hospitals and utilities are not adequate to meet the prison's demands. This prison would create a drain on the existing facilities within this County. (f) The site location lies in an area of projected residential use and would have a serious negative impact on surrounding land values. (g) There is no guarantee that this facility would remain a 150 bed ' institution in view of the fact that there is 90 acres of land pro- posed to be developed, and WHEREAS, the Florida Cabinet must approve the expenditure of funds •for this project, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH that the location, construction and implementation. of a prison in Indian River County by the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Corrections of the State of Florida is opposed by the City Council of the - 6 _ JAN 1974 Book D eacE 06 City of Vero Beach, which Council requests the Governor and Cabinet to deny the proposal of the'Division of Corrections to locate the said prison in Indian River County and the expenditure of State funds for the purchase of land needed for the location of the prison and further requests that the Division of Corrections be ordered to carry out the mandate of the Legislature of the -State of Florida by locating the prison in an urban area. Further, be it resolved that the City Council of the City of Vero Beach calls upon all citizens of the City and our legislative delegation to notify the Governor and Cabinet that the City of Vero Beach does not want and does not need a prison to be located within Indian River County, Florida. CITY OF VERO BEACH, FLORIDA BY Y",- ! lL Arthur R. Neut%rger, , yor Attest:?�Ci.�t i{ �t1 , u Claire M.• Young, City leerrkR�ali 4-13 i AN 81974 966 19 PACE 07 LLOYD BERNEGGER STATED THAT THE FOREGOING PROCLAMATION JUST READ REPRESENTS THE,PULSE OF THE PEOPLE AND IS NOT IN CONCERT WITH THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE STAFF. LET IT NOT BE HERE - WE HAVE ALL COME TO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS. HE STATED HE AGREED WITH MR. MORRISON'S STATEMENT - "IT MARES NO SENSE." REVEREND CARDIN STATED THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED THE CHAPLAINCY, REVEREND PERRY, (A STAFF MEMBER) STATED THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS HE COULD SAY IN RESPECT TO THE QUESTION. ONE BIG THING THAT HAS BEEN DONE IS THE PRINTING OF A SPECIAL CORRECTIONAL BIBLE. HE STATED HE COULD GO ON TO TELL WHY HE LEFT A PARSONAGE OF OPEN DOORS FOR ONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. J. B. EGAN APPEARED AND PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM THE VERO BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: - 8 - EOOK 9 PA�f 08 W ERC E_ .- F .. .. _ . 1216. 27ST ST REF• F. C:c 13.'x° .i 7_zi4n: TO: Members of the Florida Cabinet Members of Indian River County State Legislative Delegation Members of Indian River County Commission SUBJECT: Youthful First Offender Prison_ The Vero Beach -Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, at a regular Board of Directors meeting November 13, 1973, adopted a resolution in opposition to the construction of a 150 bed youthful first offender prison in Indian River County. The Board took such action based on information it obtained from a meeting of the Indian River County Commission at which Vern Thornton of the office of Health and Rehabilitation, Division of Cor- rections, made a proposal regarding such a facility. In its resolution, the Chamber stated the following three reasons for the opposition: 1- Indian River County is not an urban County and the Florida Legislature mandated that this prison be constructed in an urban area; 2- The prison would have a negative impact on the economy, population, and the tourist business in Indian River County; 3- It would require the expenditure of tax dollars for road con- sttuction as the proposed site is not on or near a paved road. On January 8, 1974, the Executive Committee of the Vero Beach -Indian River County Chamber of Commerce met with representatives of the office of Health and Rehabilitation, Division of Corrections, and discussed the proposed facility with them. As a result of that meeting, the Chamber of Commerce reaffirmed its resolution in opposition to the prison facility. At the January meeting, two other areas of opposition were stressed by the Chamber: 1- The price of the land is too high, especially when there is land owned by the State of Florida within the tri -county area of Martin -St. Lucie -Indian River Counties (the area in which the State agency desires to locate the prison) which would be suitable for the facility; 2- The Indian River County Planning Board will have to revise its land use plans for the county and will lose valuable time and considerable finances by so doing. The Chamber feels that the State should have consulted with the county planner and learned of the overall county proposed master land.use plan before taking any action for a facility in the area. f g f: Respectfully submitted, VERO BEACH -INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE W'an, III President - 9 - EOOK 19 PAGE 09 . _ _.---- MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED HE WISHED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE LEGISLATURE MANDATED AN URBAN AREA FOR THE INSTITUTION. REPRESENTATIVE CLEM STATED THAT LOCAL PEOPLE WILL NOT BE HIRED HERE NECESSARILY - DON'T BE MISLEAD DOWN THIS PATH. HE ASKED, "WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO HAVE IT IN DADE COUNTY?" MR. CLEM CON- TINUED THAT THE MANDATE OF THE LEGISLATURE WAS NOT WHAT MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED. IT WAS TO QUIT PUTTING THE CRIMINALS OF LARGE CITIES IN SMALL COUNTIES. WHAT THE LEGISLATION INTENDED WAS DEFINITELY NOT TO HAVE THEM IN SMALLER COUNTIES SUCH AS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. CHAIRMAN LOY THEN ASKED ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WERE OPPOSED TO PLEASE STAND UP. BETTER THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE STOOD UP. THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED THE CITIZENS WHO WERE FOR IT TO STAND UP. LESS THAN ONE-THIRD STOOD UP, INCLUDING THE THIRTEEN MEM- BERS OF THE STAFF FROM TALLAHASSEE. JERRY KRAMER STATED THAT HE IS A RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTY AND HE ASKED MR. WAINWRIGHT, "WOULDN'T LOGIC DICTATE THAT THE INSTITUTION SHOULD BE LOCATED IN A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT INSTEAD OF THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTY?" MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED,WE ARE PUTTING ONE IN DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. WE FELT IT REASONABLE TO PLACE IT HERE. IF WE THOUGHT IT LOGICAL TO PLACE THIS ONE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE DONE SO, BUT WE DID NOT HIVE THE BENEFIT OF SOME OF THE EXPERTS HERE. WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE BEST PLANNING. MR. KRAMER STATED,'"'YOU HAVE NOT STUDIED AND YOU HAVE NO LOGIC. DIDN'T YOU JUST WANT TO SPEND YOUR MONEY BEFORE YOU LOST IT?" MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT MR. KRAMER WAS ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION, BUT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT LAND IN THREE COUNTIES. MR. KRAMER STATED HE THOUGHT THIS WAS MISLEADING. SUSAN SPINAGLE ASKED REPRESENTATIVE CLEM WHY SHOULD WE TAKE PRIME LAND? THERE IS LAND AT BLUE CYPRESS LAKE. REPRESENTATIVE CLEM STATED THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN AND CAN TAKE LAND ANYWHERE THEY WANT. CAROL SHERMAN ASKED WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A PRISON IN THIS AREA? HOW MANY DO WE SEND TO PRISON? THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE TAKEN A SHAMEFUL POSITION. - 10 - JAN 8 1974 0oax 19 PacE 10 CLAUDE HUDSON ASKED HOW LONG BEFORE THE OTHER PRISONS GET OVERCROWDED AND YOU,WILL SEND THEM ON HERE? DAVE BACHMAN STATED IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO SAY. THE LEGISLATURE MANDATED THIS PROGRAM. JACK TAYLOR, REPRESENTING THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, STATED THAT THEY INDICATED THEY OPPOSED THE PRISON BY PETITION. HE THEN ASKED HOW MANY OF THE 56 PRISONERS WERE YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. MR. BACHMAN STATED HE DID NOT KNOW AND APOLOGIZED. MR.TAYLOR STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO MENTION OF MARTIN COUNTY, THE AREA OF JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK - WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN CONSIDERED? MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE A SURVEY, AND IT IS NOT AVAILABLE. MR. TAYLOR THEN ASKED WHY COULDN'T WE GO TO THE POLLS. IT WOULD BE A LOT CHEAPER THAN BRINGING YOUR PEOPLE HERE. CHAIRMAN LOY ANSWERED THAT WE ARE FACED WITH A TIME SCHEDULE AND THEY ARE, T00, BUT THIS COMMISSION WOULD TAKE THEIR CHANCES ON A STUDY FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE PLACE TO PUT THESE FACILITIES. THE CHAIRMAN TEEN ASKED WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION AND WHERE IS THE STUDY? JUST BECAUSE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE AN INSTITUTION, I CANNOT ACCEPT THIS AS A REASON. NANCY O'DONALD STATED THAT SHE HAS WORKED WITH THE RETARDED AND THE HANDICAPPED, AND SAID, "IF I WERE IN A LARGER AREA, I WOULD ASK TO HAVE IT HERE. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE LOCATED CLOSER TO THE FAMILIES INVOLVED. YOU NEED FAMILY INVOLVEMENT FOR THIS." COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW HOW MANY YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAS, BUT WE DO. THE ANSWER IS THAT WE HAVE FOUR. COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN STATED HE HAS HEARD A LOT OF QUES- TIONS, BUT HE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ANSWERS. HE ASKED WHAT POPULATION CRITERIA DO THEY USE? HOW MANY FELONS FROM DADE COUNTY DO YOU HAVE IN STATE PRISONS? MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED, "SIX HUNDRED FORTY-NINE." JAN W-4 r.. q BOOK FACE 11 CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF. OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE'ALWAYS DONE MORE THAN OUR SHARE AS FOLLOWS: Y. WE HAVE THE DESIGNATED RECEIVING CENTER AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR ALCOHOLICS FOR THE FOUR COUNTY AREA: MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, ST. LUCIE, AND INDIAN RIVER, UNDER THE NEW MEYERS ACT. 2. WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS SUPPORTED THE PIONEER OCCUPATIONAL CENTER IN STUART, FLORIDA, AS THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES AND THE PROGRAMS TO ASSIST OUR HANDICAPPED IN PREPARING FOR A USEFUL AND MEAN- INGFUL LIFE. 3. THIS COUNTY HAS AND IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS. MOST OF THESE ENDEAVORS ARE SUPPORTED HEAVILY BY PRIVATE CONTRI- BUTIONS. IN THE AREA OF DRUG REHABILITATION: A. THE T.I.P. PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY PUBLIC FUNDS THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. B. THE AMICUS AND SEED PROGRAMS - HEAVILY SUBSCRIBED BY PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS. C. THE LITTLE KNOWN - LOGUS PROGRAM FOR REHABILITATION OF FORMER DRUG USERS - ENDORSED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLETELY SUPPORTED BY PRIVATE FUNDS. D. OUR SCHOOLS HAVE PROGRAMS FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD. THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR THE DISCIPLINE PROBLEM YOUNGSTER, BUT FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS WELL. E. THE NEW INDIAN RIVER YOUTH GUIDANCE PROGRAM. THIS IS PRI- MARILY FINANCED BY THE STATE IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY. THIS PROGRAM WE FEEL WILL PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECT OF PRE- VENTION OF A LIFE OF CRIME, AT VERY LITTLE EXPENSE TO THE TAXPAYERS. F. THE SHILOH YOUTH RANCH AND THE LIFE FOR YOUTH RETREAT ARE BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES OF WHAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS DOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN AND OTHERS. G. THE CITY OF VERO BEACH RECREATION PROGRAM, THE NEW PUBLIC SUPPORTED Y.M.C.A. BUILDING AND EXPANDING PROGRAM. SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE RECREATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN MANY OF OUR CHURCHES. - 12 - JAN 8 1974 PRE �� THESE ARE PERFECT EXAMPLES OF ACTIVE COMMUNITY,PARTICI- PATION IN PREVENTIVE PROGRAMS. JUNIOR WILLFORD STATED THAT IT WOULD.BE BETTER IF YOU WOULD DO A BETTER JOB WITH REPEATERS. MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO A MORE EFFECTIVE JOB. VAL BRENNAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS IN OUR AGRICULTURAL ZONE, AND IT WOULD TEND TO CHANGE OUR MASTER PLAN. BECAUSE OF THIS, IT WOULD ENCOURAGE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT. HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY COME UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT SITES IN MARTIN COUNTY, ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND THIS SITE. MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT THEY HAD EXPLORED THESE SITES. MR. BFEMN REMARKED THAT THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT MANNER OF PLANNING THAN WE DO. COMMISSIONER MASSEY POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS HAD REFUSED THEM LAND IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND ASKED, "CAN'T YOU FIND ANY OTHER LAND IN THE THREE OTHER COUNTIES?" MR. WAINWRIGHT REPLIED THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT TEN PIECES OF LAND. REV. LUNDY QUESTIONED THE PRISON SYSTEM ITSELF, AND ASKED WILL HOMOSEXUALS BE SENT WITH THE YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS AND WILL THE PRISON BE OPENED TO HARDENED CRIMINALS. MR. WAINWRIGHT ANSWERED, "NO." ARTHUR FRIEND, REPRESENTING THE VERO BEACH ASSOCIATION, APPEARED AND PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING LETTER: - 13 - JAN 8 1974 ,. 000K 1 pace 1.3 •C --!r_ a P.O. BOX 338: - VERO BEACH FLORIDA - 32-960 hove.:ber 15, 1973 Hon. Reubin O.D. Askew Governor of the State of Florida The Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Dear Governor Askew: Our Association ne:~bership of approximately two thousand property c niers and taxpayers of Indian River County strongly supports enclosed ?csoluticn ::o. 73-71 of..Indian River County Board of County Com issi-- ers cpposing construction of a pri- son facility in our Co.,nty. 1.e once you to reject any such recor.-s;.endation by the division of corrections. Respectfully, Ralph W. Edm. stop Secretary .+ cc: Hon. Richard Stone Hon. Thomas O'Malley Hon. Robert S^coir. Hon. Fred O. Dicklr.son Hon. Floyd Christian Hon. Russell E% Sykes 407 - 25th Street West Palm Beach, Fla. 33407 RWE/kw Hon. Philin D. Lewis P. O.• Box 9726 Riveria Beach, Fla. 33404 lion. Thomas H. Johnson Suite 101 2139 Pala Beach Lake Bl -d. West Palrt Beach, & la. 33 401 Hon. Chester E. Clem P. 0. Box 3579 Beach Station. Vero Beac:., Fla. 32960 I BA ... An Or_auization of Iiomeni nerc of Cite of Vero Beach and Indian River Count• 14 - A•r BIDK . PAGE 14 ALBIN CRUTCHFIELD STATED THAT BASED ON MORAL, ETHICAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUNDS WE NEED IT, BUT WHERE? IF YOU ARE TO BE SENSITIVE TO OUR FEELINGS YOU WILL NOT PUT IT HERE. ARE YOU SENSI- TIVE TO THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY? WHERE IS YOUR INDICATED SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMUNITY? MR. WAINWRIGHT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE HIS RECOMMENDATION TO THE CABINET BUT WAS NOT YET READY TO MARE A REPORT ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT. MR. WAINWRIGHT THEN SAID THAT HE WOULD TERMINATE HIS COMMENTS AND THANKED THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR COURTESY. REPRESENTATIVE CLEM RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONTACT THE GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CABINET. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY (THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION) HAVE THE VOTES OR THEY WOULD NOT SEND EIGHTEEN OF THEIR HIGHEST PAID MEN TO VERO BEACH. REPRESENTATIVE CLEM FURTHER STATED THAT HE DID NOT APPROVE OF THE PROCEDURE OF SENDING THESE PEOPLE DOWN HERE AND PRESSURING US, HE SAID, "THIS WILL NOT BE AN INSTITUTION FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; IT IS FOR ALL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. LET'S PUT IT WHERE IT BELONGS." CHAIRMAN LOY THEN THANKED EVERYONE AND ADJOURNED THE - MEETING AT 11:00 P.M. - 15 JAN 8 1974oK iu Mci 15