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THE BOARD DISCUSSED A PUBLIC -NOTICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT <br />OF TRANSPORTATION, UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, INFORMING ALL INTER- <br />.ESTED CITIZENS THAT AN APPLICATION FROM RALMAR ASSOCIATES, VERO <br />BEACH, FLORIDA, REQUESTING COMMENTS REGARDING THE LOCATION AND PLANS <br />FOR A FIXED HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY, HAD BEEN REQ <br />CEIVED. THE LOCATION IS BETHEL CREEK, AT GREEN ISLAND, NEAR VERO <br />BEACH. <br />A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THAT THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD BE INFORMED <br />THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO A FIXED HIGHWAY BRIDGE OVER BETHEL <br />CREEK AT GREEN ISLAND, VERO BEACH. <br />MR. THOMAS STATED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, A BRIDGE AT BETHEL <br />CREEK WILL GREATLY IMPROVE THE CIRCULATION OF ALL THAT WATER THAT IS <br />NOW STAGNANT. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER QUESTIONED IF WE HAVE ANY POLICY <br />EELATIVE TO SPECIFIC CLEARANCE HEIGHTS, AND THE CHAIRMAN STATED. THAT <br />THE AGENCY HAS THEIR REGULATIONS WHICH MUST BE MET. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE AMENDED THEIR <br />MOTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED THAT THE UNITED STATES COAST <br />GUARD BE INFORMED THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO A FIXED HIGHWAY <br />"BRIDGE OVER.BETHEL CREEK AT GREEN ISLAND, VERO BEACH, AS THERE IS <br />NO EXISTING WATERWAY THROUGH THERE NOW, AND IT COULD DO NOTHING <br />BUT IMPROVE THE CIRCULATION OF WATER AROUND BETHEL CREEK, <br />THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WILL ANSWER THIS LETTER. <br />MR. .JENNINGS STATED THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 5, <br />1978, ROADS IN ERCILDOUNE SUBDIVISION WERE DISCUSSED, AND HE WAS <br />INSTRUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE CONDITION OF OAK LANE AND DONNA AVENUE <br />IN THIS SUBDIVISION. MR. .JENNINGS STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CLEARED <br />AND SOME MARL HAS BEEN PUT DOWN, BUT DURING HEAVY RAINS BOTH THOSE <br />ROADS WOULD BE WASHED OUT. HE SUGGESTED THAT AN 18" CULVERT BE <br />INSTALLED ON BOTH ROADS FOR DRAINAGE. THE COUNTY MAINTAINS ALL OF <br />THE OTHER ROADS IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AND THEY ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, <br />