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THE BOARD DISCUSSED AREAS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM <br />BICYCLE PATHS, <br />VAL BRENNAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR STATED THAT THE <br />DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS NEW REGULATIONS IN WHICH THEY <br />WILL CONSIDER BICYCLE PATHS IN THE DESIGN OF ALL NEW PRIMARY <br />AND SECONDARY ROADS, <br />CHAIRMAN Loy STATED THAT SHE HAD NO OBJECTION TO A <br />COMMITTEE, BUT FELT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS THE CAPABILITIES <br />TO PREPARE A PROPOSAL FOR A MASTER PLAN AND SHE ALSO STATED THAT <br />THERE ARE MANY WILLING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD WORK <br />ON THIS PROJECT, <br />COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN STATED THAT HE FELT BICYCLE <br />PATHS ARE NEEDED AROUND SCHOOL AREAS SO CHILDREN CAN GO_:TO°AND <br />FROM SCHOOL IN SAFETY BUT, HE ADDED, JUST TO PUT IN A BICYCLE <br />PATHS FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE CITIZENS WOULD BE A WASTE OF <br />MONEY, <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS STATED THAT THERE ARE OTHER <br />AREAS THAT NEED BICYCLE PATHS BESIDE SCHOOL AREAS, IN ORDER <br />TO PROVIDE SAFETY TO ALL BICYCLE RIDERS. COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS <br />SUGGESTED A COMBINATION SIDEWALK AND BICYCLE PATH. <br />IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF VERO BEACH <br />HAD ACCEPTED THE PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED BY MICHAEL DURWIN. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSION DRITENBAS, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE <br />T COMMITTEE AS OUTLINED BY MICHAEL C. DURWIN, IN HIS LETTER OF <br />NOVEMBER 9, 1973, BUT TO ALSO INCLUDE THE OPTION TO APPOINT UP <br />TO TWO ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE WHICH COULD <br />POSSIBLY INCLUDE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. <br />THE BOARD AGREED THAT THIS OPERATION SHOULD BE <br />HANDLED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />WILL THEN COME TO US WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EX- <br />PENDITURE OF FUNDS. <br />-6-- <br />NOV <br />- <br />NOV 211973 18 ruf 245 <br />