COCOA, Fla. -- Offering limited resources or options for where they can stay, Brevard County officials told residents of a homeless camp they have to leave by Monday.

Less than half of the 80 homeless people who live on the vacant lot near the corner of Clearlake Road and Lake Drive gathered beneath a canopy of trees behind a Chevron station to receive the news. Some argued to stay, while others simply headed back to their campsites to plan their next move.

"This isn't our first go-around with stuff like this," Marilyn St. Laurent told Local 6 News partner Florida Today as she held onto boyfriend Jerry Black. "We're definitely going to have to get moving. But, we ain't scared."

The meeting took place a little more than a week after retired Brevard County Judge Joe Cowart signed an affidavit allowing law enforcement to enforce a no trespassing policy. Cowart, who owns the property, was facing county fines and health department violations if he did not comply. The judge had refused to sign the ordinance in the past, and homeless people have been living on the property for more than a decade.

"Our goal is not to arrest anybody," said Lt. Mike Mathias of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office. "This is a social problem, not a law enforcement issue. But at some point it will become a law enforcement issue."

Deputies will start identifying trespassers on Thursday and issue warnings. Come Monday, the squatters must be off the property or face arrest.

Rosa Reich and other members of the Continuum of Care Coalition set up stations and conducted individual interviews to see if anyone could be matched up with resources in place.

"We might be able to place a couple," she said. "The rest will have to move on and find another location," Reich said.

Tom Shipley with Volunteers of America was on hand to assists homeless veterans. Like Reich, he said there was little help available right now.

"A lot of the guys out here are vets," he said. "We have 80 beds for transitional housing, but they are all taken. It's unfortunate that we have 80 homeless vets."

Businesses have complained to the police and to county officials for years about the trash, crime and vagrancy caused by allowing the homeless camp. Earlier this month, a man was shot on the property and several women were arrested during a prostitution sting.

Angela Armstrong, who is homeless, was angry about the notice to vacate, saying that illegal activity happens everywhere including government-run housing.

"For what reason are you taking these people out of here?" she asked. "These people have nowhere to go."

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