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THEIR ERRORS, HE STATED THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE POSITION WE ARE IN, BEING BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND TRANSFERRING FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, HE IS IN FAVOR OF AS MUCH STUDY AS POSSIBLE, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE CANNOT SUPPORT THE MOTION AS IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE UPPER ST. .JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT GOES BACK TO A PLAN FOUND UNACCEPTABLE BY THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WE WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS, AND 'T DOES NOT ADDRESS OUR PROBLEMS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IF THE CORPS THOUGHT ANOTHER STUDY WERE JUSTIFIED, HE FEELS THEY WOULD HAVE INITIATED IT THEMSELVES. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT HE ATTENDED A FLOOD CONTROL MEETING ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO AND UNDERSTOOD FROM THE CORPS AT THAT TIME THAT THEY WERE SO TIRED OF ALL THIS STUDY, IT WAS ALMOST A DEAD ISSUE WITH THEM. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD HATE TO SEE THE PLAN PUT IN LIMBO BUT . DOES FEEL IT HAS BEEN STUDIED TO DEATH OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND IT IS VERY DISCOURAGING AT THIS POINT TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO A NEW DISTRICT. COMMISS?ONER LOY ASKED AT THIS POINT, FOR PURPOSE OF CLARIFICA- TION, IF THE 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WILL ALLOW US TO HOLD ON TO OUR WATER IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. SIR. MILES STATED THAT THIS, PROJECT WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE EFFECT ON INDIAN RIVER COUNTY EXCEPT AS IT AFFECTS THE WATER UPSTREAM, HE CONTINUED THAT THE CORPS IS WILLING TO REASON ON ANY MODIFICATIONS, BUT HAVE MADE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR WHAT THEIR PLAN IS, AND HE, THEREFORE, QUESTIONS THE $225,OOO REQUESTED FOR FURTHER STUDIES. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MASSEY VOTED IN FAVOR, AND COMMISSIONERS WODTKE, LOY AND SCHMUCKER, AND CHAIRMAN SIEBERT` VOTED IN OPPOSITION. THE MOTION WAS DENIED. ; MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER WODTKE, TO INDICATE THE BOARD IS OPPOSED TO THE $225,OOO STUDY REQUESTED IN PROJECT #RE76-29 AND WISH TO SHOW THEIR CONCURRENCE WITH THE ;. CORPS OF ENGINEERS"PLAN. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT HIS COUNTY IS FRUSTRATED D T FR TRATE AN CANNOT HELP BUT BE SUSPICIOUS THAT THE WHOLE PLAN MIGHT BE CHANGED AGAIN.