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JOEL KIMREY OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY APPEARED <br />BEFORE THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THE WATER RESOURCE STUDY - TECHNICAL <br />ANALYSIS REPORT. THIS STUDY BEGAN IN 1969 AND WAS ONLY RECENTLY <br />FINALIZED. <br />MR. KIMREY STATED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE UNDERGROUND WATER <br />AQUIFIERS COULD SUPPORT CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE COUNTY. FOR MANY <br />YEARS AHEAD, IF STEPS ARE TAKEN TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE SHALLOW <br />AQUIFIEP. WATER. MR. KIMREY STATED THAT THE SHALLOW AQUIFIER COULD <br />YIELD AS MUCH AS 60 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY. <br />STATE ATTORNEY ROBERT STONE APPEARED AND THE BOARD INFORMED HIM <br />THAT THEY HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED HIS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE. <br />MR. STONE INFORMED THE BOARD OF THE REASON FOR HIS NEEDING <br />ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE AND EXPLAINED THAT THE INCREASE IN CASE LOAD HAS <br />NECESSITATED HIS HIRING A FULL-TIME ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY, A <br />SECRETARY AND ANOTHER INVESTIGATOR. MR. STONE STATED THAT HE HAS HIRED <br />NORMAN GREEN AS A FULL-TIME ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY. <br />THE BOARD.SUGGESTED TO MR. STONE THAT HE INVESTIGATE RENTAL <br />OFFICE SPACE AND NOTIFY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OF WHAT HE FINDS. <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED THE BOARD OF A THANK YOU <br />LETTER FROM .JIMMY B. WALKER, D.VICTOR KNIGHT AND NANCY L. ZIKE FOR <br />THE PAVING OF 49TH STREET BETWEEN OLD U.S. 1 AND NEW U.S. 1, WHICH <br />THE BOARD APPROVED. <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM <br />D.W.STUBBS, ASSISTANT DISTRICT RIGHT-OF-WAY ADMINISTRATOR REGARDING <br />WHO IS GOING TO HANDLE THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN THE <br />INDIAN RIVER BLVD - FROM STATE ROAD 60 TO BARBER AVENUE PROJECT AND <br />THE BARBER AVENUE - FROM STATE ROAD 5 TO INDIAN RIVER PROJECT. <br />IT WAS THE ADMINISTRATOR`S SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE THE DE- <br />PARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HANDLE THIS RIGHTS-OF-WAY ACQUISITION <br />BECAUSE OF THEIR STAFF AND EXPERTISE, WITH THE SUPPORT AND BACK-UP OF <br />THE COUNTY. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANS- <br />PORTATION HANDLE THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY ON PROJECTS -SECTION <br />88501-1603 (2604) AND SECTION 88511-1601 (2601) AND AUTHORIZED THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE <br />BOARDS DECISION. <br />-13- <br />800x 21 pAGE 211 <br />