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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THE MONEY FOR FURTHER STUDY <br />WOULD COME FROM ANOTHER AGENCY AND NOT THE CORPS AND BASICALLY RELATES <br />TO WHERE THE PERMANENT LAKE DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE EN- <br />VIRONMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THE QUESTION APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN <br />WATER USERS AND CONSERVATION INTERESTS IN REGARD TO THE LAND OR GROUND <br />STORAGE OF WATER AND.RELATES TO OUR ABILITY TO STORE WATER IN INL°IAN RIVER <br />COUNTY AND WHETHER IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO BRING THE WATER DOWN IN FLOOD <br />TIMES AND TO RAISE IT IN PERIODS OF DROUGHT. { <br />f <br />MR. LYONS STATED HE FEELS THAT THE QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE <br />GROUND STORAGE OF WATER IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS LEFT HANGING AND HE FELT <br />THE PROPOSED STUDY IS PART OF THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM. <br />AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SEC- <br />ONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ENTER NO OBJEC- <br />TION TO PROJECT #RE 76-28 AND TO AUTHORIZE -THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO <br />RESPOND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORPS OF <br />ENGINEERS'PLAN AND THE WORK WILL BE DONE BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND <br />THE FURTHER UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THAT THE BOARD ENTER NO OBJECTION TO PROJECT #76-29, WHICH IS RE- <br />QUESTING $225,000 FOR A MANAGEMENT STUDY. <br />f <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT ANOTHER STUDY WILL GIVE THE PARTIES IN- <br />VOLVED THAT MUCH MORE CHANCE TO HAVE FURTHER INPUT, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD <br />TO STORAGE WHICH IS ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT WE HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR WATER <br />FOR OUR AGRICULTURAL USERS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, PERHAPS MORE SO THAN <br />OTHER COUNTIES, AND STATED HE WOULD HATE TO SEE US GET INVOLVED WITH MORE <br />STUDY WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAN THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON FOR MANY YEARS <br />AND WAS CONSIDERED AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN. I <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY POINTED OUT THAT A LOT OF STUDY WAS CON - <br />F <br />DUCTED IN REGARD TO THE KISSIMMEE RIVER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LAKE QKEECHOBEE,` <br />BUT THIS WAS NOT TOO SUCCESSFUL AND NOW THEY ARE HAVING TO DO MORE STUDIES TO RECTIFY <br />37 <br />JUN 231976 % - - <br />g zoo .: 126 <br />