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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO USE COUNTY <br />EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST AT THE SEBASTIAN INLET STATE RECREATION AREA AS <br />REQUESTED IN THE LETTER FROM CAPTAIN R.N. .JOHNS DATED JUNE 14,1977. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS REPORTED THAT HE HAS MADE A FURTHER <br />STUDY OF THE REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT OF 7TH STREET BETWEEN 13TH AND <br />14TH AVENUES IN GLENDALE PARK SUBDIVISION WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY <br />DISCUSSED AT THE MEETING OF .JUNE S, 1977, AND HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT <br />THERE ARE FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CABLES BURIED IN THIS AREA. THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT THIS PART OF 7TH STREET HAS NEVER BEEN <br />OPENED AND THE AREA IS GROWN UP. HE NOTED THAT IF THIS SECTION OF <br />THE STREET WERE ABANDONED, AN EASEMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE RETAINED <br />BECAUSE OF THE BURIED CABLES, AND HE QUESTIONED WHETHER IT SHOULD BE <br />ABANDONED AT THIS TIMEs HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT 7TH STREET WAS <br />ABANDONED BETWEEN BLOCK I AND BLOCK B. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT WE SHOULD LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT <br />ABANDONING ROADS AND STREETS BECAUSE THEY ARE BECOMING MORE VALUABLE, <br />ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF POSSIBLE FUTURE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO NOTIFY THE <br />RESIDENTS OF GLENDALE SUBDIVISION MAKING THE REQUEST FOR ABANDONMENT <br />OF 7TH STREET BETWEEN 13TH AND 14TH AVENUES:THAT THE BOARD DOES NOT <br />FEEL IT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY TO ABANDON THAT RIGHT— <br />OF—WAY AT THIS TIME, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INTRODUCED ROBERT QUAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, <br />DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH BOARD NO. 9. <br />MR. QUAM REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD THE DISTRICT MENTAL HEALTH <br />BOARD PLAN AND OUTLINED THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED WITHIN INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY. HE STATED THAT THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH TWO MAJOR AGENCIES, <br />THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AND CARP(COMPREHENSIVE <br />ALCOHOLISM REHABILITATION PROGRAM). MR. QUAM NOTED THAT THIS YEAR <br />THEY HAD A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER AS <br />THE BOARD ONLY CAME INTO EFFECT ON .JANUARY IST, BUT HE FELT THAT IT <br />CONTAINS EXCELLENT INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES <br />THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP AND PROGRAMS THEY INTEND TO INITIATE DURING <br />THE NEXT TWO YEARS, MR. QUAM INTRODUCED .JOHN ASHCRAFT, OF THE INDIAN <br />BOOK <br />30 PmE 1.3'7 <br />