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or <br />FA <br />ALONG STATE ROAD AIA TO VARIOUS CENTRAL FLORIDA TOURIST <br />ATTRACTIONS. THIS WOULD BE A SO—CALLED "OPEN—DOOR" SERVICE <br />WITH PICK—UP AND DROP—OFF WHEREVER PASSENGERS REQUESTED <br />ALONG THE ROUTE. THEY WOULD ALSO ACCEPT AND DELIVER LIGHT <br />PACKAGES. MR. SATAVA POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO BUS <br />SERVICE OFFERED ALONG STATE ROAD A1A AT THE PRESENT TIME <br />AND THEY WOULD BE OFFERING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY A NEW AND <br />NEEDED SERVICE. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH READ A SUGGESTED RESOLUTION ENDORSING <br />y THE APPLICATION OF ORANGE BLOSSOM COACH LINES, INC., FILED <br />WITH THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. <br />A REPRESENTATIVE OF GREYHOUND BUS LINES, CHUCK COOK, <br />AREA DIRECTOR FROM ORLANDO, APPEARED ON BEHALF OF .JOE CIMINO, <br />THE LOCAL GREYHOUND AGENT, AND ASKED THE BOARD TO MAINTAIN <br />NEUTRALITY ON THIS ISSUE AND LET THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION <br />DECIDE IT. HE FELT ADDITIONAL BUS SERVICE IN THIS AREA WOULD <br />VERY LIKELY DETRACT FROM GREYHOUND'S BUSINESS AND MIGHT RESULT <br />IN THEIR CUTTING BACK ON THEIR�SCHEDULE IN'INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />IN HIS OPINION, HE DID NOT FEEL BUS SERVICE ALONG STATE ROAD <br />AIA IS WARRANTED AT THIS TIME. <br />MR. .JOE CIMINO, LOCAL AGENT FOR.GREYHOUND BUS LINES, <br />ALSO APPEARED AND OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSED NEW BUS SERVICE. <br />MUCH DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT <br />STATED HE COULD NOT ENDORSE A RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY GRANT— <br />ING SUCH A PERMIT TO ORANGE BLOSSOM COACH LINES, INC., BUT <br />COULD ENDORSE ONE THAT OFFERED NO OBJECTION TO SUCH A PERMIT <br />BEING GRANTED. <br />COMMISSIONER DRITENBAS AND COMMISSIONER MASSEY FELT <br />THE CITIZENS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHOULD NOT BE DENIED A <br />SERVICE OF THIS TYPE NO MATTER WHAT COMPANY OFFERED IT. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH SUGGESTED REWORDING THE PROPOSED <br />RESOLUTION TO READ "IT FINDS THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE <br />-16- <br />tin <br />JU I N 51974 . BOOK LU PACE176 <br />