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L� <br />CHAIRMAN lgODTKE REPORTED THAT HE HAD ATTENDED A MEETING OF - <br />THE SCHOOL BOARD RELATIVE TO BICYCLE PATHS AT THE VERO BEACH ELEMENTARY <br />SCHOOL AND INFORMED THEM THAT WE WERE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH <br />PARTICIPATION ON 20TH AVENUE SOUTH FROM THE CITY -COUNTY LINE AND <br />INSTALLATION OF THE NECESSARY BRIDGE IF THE CITY WOULD CONSTRUCT THE <br />BICYCLE PATH LEADING UP TO THIS. HE NOTED THAT WITH REGARD TO THE 16TH <br />AVENUE SECTION, THE SCHOOL BOARD FELT IT IS ONLY NECESSARY TO BRING THE <br />PATH TO THE PARKING LOT THAT GOES INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE THEN <br />DISCUSSED THE FACT THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE ROOM IN THE S66GESTED <br />LOCATION BETWEEN THE DITCH AND ROAD TO PUT IN A 6' WALKWAY WITHOUT BEING <br />RIGHT ON THE CROWN OF THE DITCH AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SCHOOL <br />BOARD HAD WONDERED IF WE COULD ASK SAFETY CITY TO MOVE THEIR FENCE BACK <br />A LITTLE.- HE REPORTED THAT THE: SCHOOL BOARD IS NOW TRYING TO FINALIZE <br />THE CITY'S PART OF THE CONTRACT, AND FIE DID INFORM THEM THAT WE WOULD <br />LIKE TO ASK PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A BICYCLE PATH THAT MIGHT NOT BE <br />THE SAME AS THE CITY'S STANDARDS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM <br />THE CITY OF VERO BEACH ASKING IF THE COUNTY WISHED TO BUILD THE WHOLE <br />THING AND THEN BILL THE CITY FOR THEIR PART OF IT, AND HE FELT A LETTER <br />SHOULD BE WRITTEN TO THEM EXPLAINING WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. <br />ADMININSTRATOR .JENNINGS STATED THAT THE CITY IS SUGGESTING A <br />HIGH QUALITY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT VERY EXPENSIVE. HE SUGGESTED, <br />HOWEVER, IF THE CITY IS GOING TO BUILD MOST OF THE PATH ON THE EAST SIDE <br />OF THE SCHOOL, WE LET THEM CONTINUE ON WITH THE SAME TYPE CONSTRUCTION <br />IN THIS LOCATION AND THEN USE A DIFFERENT TYPE CONSTRUCTION IN THE OTHER <br />LOCATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED HE FELT THE CITY SHOULD DO THE <br />WORK ON 16TH AVENUE AND THE COUNTY COULD DO THE WORK ON 20TH AVENUE. HE <br />ALSO FELT THE ROADS IN SAFETY CITY RUN VERY CLOSE TO THE FENCE, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO IT NOT BEING DESIRABLE TO <br />HAVE THE BICYCLE PATH T00 CLOSE TO THE TRAFFIC. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NOTED THAT ON 20TH AVENUE WE COULD USE <br />THE EXISTING MARL BASE PUT IN THERE SOME YEARS AGO AND UPGRADE IT, AND HE <br />FELT WE COULD PUT DOWN AN S' WALKWAY FOR ABOUT $3.00 PER LINEAL FOOT. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED, AND ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO PROCEED <br />N <br />NOV 171976 27 .a��� <br />