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ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SOME OFFICIALS OF THE D.O.T. WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN THE COMMISSION ROOM NEXT TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH, AT 3:00 O'CLOCK P.M. FOR AN INFORMAL DIS- CUSSION. i VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT DUE TO AN ARTICLE APPEARING IN THE NEWSPAPERS FOLLOWING THE JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERO 'EACH, THE COUNTY AND THE D.O.T., HE FELT WE SHOULD DO A SHORT RECAP OF THE COUNTY'S UNDERSTANDING AS TO THE RELOCATION OF UTILITIES FOR THE 17T1• STREET RRIDRE, SPECIFICALLY AS TO OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, AND REQUESTED THAT COMMIS- SIONER•LOY GIVE SUCH A RECAP. COMMISSIONER LOY EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNTY WAS GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE UTILITIES THAT NEEDED TO BE MOVED IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A BRIDGE AT 17TH STREET AND WERE INFORMED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH DID NOT FEEL THEY SHOULD BEAR THE ENTIRE RESPONSIBILITY OF MOVING THESE UTILITIES, NOR DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO S0, THE COUNTY, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE CITIZENS OF THIS AREA THAT WE WOULD HAVE A BRIDGE AT 17TH STREET, PLEDGED THAT CERTAIN MONIES BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH THE MOVING OF THESE UTILITIES. SHE NOTED THAT THE MOVING OF THE UTILITIES WILL BE BASED ON CONTRACTS WHICH WILL BE LET FOR THIS PURPOSE ONLY. SHE EMPHA- SIZED THAT THE COUNTY DID SAY IT WOULD PLEDGE "�� $390,000 OF ITS SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS TOWARDS THIS PURPOSE. COMMISSIONER LOY CONTINUED THAT THE ESTIMATES PRESENTED IN ROUND FIGURES AT THE RECENT MEETING RAN CONSID- ERABLY OVER WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED, AND WE DID SUGGEST THAT THE CITY ENGIN- EERS GO BACK AND GET EXACT ESTIMATES IMMEDIATELY, WHICH ESTIMATES AND SPECI- FICATIONS WILL BE THOROUGHLY CHECKED BY THE D.O.T. TO BE SURE THEY MEET ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. WHEN THIS IS DONE, WE WILL THEN MAKE A FINAL DECI- SION ON EXACTLY WHAT AMOUNT OF FUNDS WILL HAVE TO BE INVOLVED. COMMISSIONER LOY REITERATED THAT AN AMOUNT UP TO $390,000 OF THE SECONDARY ROAD FUNDS IS THE ONLY FIGURE WE EVER PLEDGED, AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH INDICATED THEY WOULD RELEASE THE DEED FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE 17TH STREET BRIDGE, BUT NOT IN LIEU OF PAYMENT OF MONIES. ANY MONEY WE PAY WILL BE BASED ON THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE LET, e 34 _- �rfulr 6 '�ano ur, aY' r. t- 34 _- �rfulr 6 '�ano ur, aY' r. t-