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JUN 2 3 1976 <br />S <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHAT REPRESENTATION INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY HAS HAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN, <br />MR. STIMMEL STATED HE DID NOT KNOW AS ANY INPUT WOULD HAVE BEEN <br />THROUGH THEIR PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN PALATKA. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAS WORKED <br />OVER THE YEARS WITH THE CENTRAL $ SOUTHERN FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, <br />PUT IN A LOT OF TAX MONEY, AND WAS PROMISED CERTAIN THINGS WHICH NOW IT <br />MAY NEVER RECEIVE. <br />MR. STIMMEL STATED THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THESE AGREEMENTS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED IF BREVARD COUNTY HAS TAKEN ANY ACTION <br />IN REQUESTING MORE TIME TO STUDY THESE PROJE Ci S. <br />• MR. STIMMEL SAID HE DID NOT KNOW, BUT UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE <br />OPPOSED TO ANY ADDITIONAL STUDY. <br />MR, MILES STATED THAT HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FOL- <br />LOWED IN REQUESTING THESE FUNDS AS IT IS USUALLY DONE WITH THE COOPERATION <br />AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE CORPS. <br />MR. STIMMEL NOTED THAT IN THE REQUEST FOR THE 14ONEY FOR PROJECT <br />#RE'76-28, IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE CORPS HAS THIS MONEY AVAILABLE. <br />HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MONEY FOR THE SECOND PROJECT DOES NOT COME THROUGH <br />THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUT IS APPLIED FOR THROUGH THE STATE. <br />MR, LYONS REFERRED THE BOARD TO A LETTER WRITTEN IN 19711 BY THE <br />DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS GIVING THEM ENVIRONMENTAL <br />INFORMATION AND INDICATING THAT THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS CONCEPT <br />OF WATER MANAGEMENT. } <br />i <br />MR. MILES REMARKED THAT THE INITIAL PURPOSE OF THE UPLAND STOR- <br />AGE AREA WAS NOT ONLY FOR FLOOD CONTROL, BUT ALSO FOR WATER SUPPLY, BUT <br />AFTER STUDYING THIS, THE CORPS HAS SINCE AGREED THAT THEY WOULD MODIFY <br />THOSE STRUCTURES SO THE WATER COULD BE PULLED DOWN TO ZERO LEVEL. HE <br />STATED THAT IF THE CORPS HAS INDICATED THEIR CAPABILITIES AND THIS IS IN <br />ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR PLAN, HE WOULD CERTAINLY GO ALONG WITH IT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT IF THE FUNDS WILL BE CHANNELED <br />THROUGH THE CORPS, IT WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THEY FEEL THIS IS WITHIN <br />THEIR CAPABILITIES AND AGREE WITH THE MODIFICATION OF THESE STRUCTURES. <br />36 <br />fir26 ".. <br />� <br />