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FRANK ZORC QUESTIONED HOW IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A PLAYGROUND <br />MUST BE A PIECE OF OPEN GROUND, AND THE CHAIRMAN INFORMED HIM THAT THE <br />WORD "OPEN" IS NOT IN THE ORDINANCE UNDER PLAYGROUNDS. <br />MR. ZORC ASKED IF THE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS TO PROHIBIT <br />A BUILDING FROM BEING USED FOR A PLAYGROUND. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE WOULD INTERPRET IT TO MEAN <br />THAT A BUILDING COULD NOT BE BUILT ON A PLAYGROUND. <br />MR. ZORC STATED THAT HE DOES NOT AGREE WITH THIS AND WOULD LIKE <br />TO KNOW WHY THE BOARD FEELS A BUILDING CANNOT BE A PLAYGROUND. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED HIM THAT THIS DECISION WAS REACHED <br />AFTER CONSULTING THE DEFINITION OF PLAYGROUND IN WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY <br />AND ALSO BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND <br />THE BOARD'S OWN FEELINGS. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON AND COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER LEFT THE <br />MEETING AT 3:15 O'CLOCK P.M. DUE TO ILLNESS. <br />ENGINEER KEVIN COOLEY APPEARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION RE THE <br />INDIAN RIVER SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN AS PREPARED BY POST, BUCKLEY, <br />SCHUH & .JERNIGAN. HE NOTED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE NOT HAD A <br />CHANCE TO STUDY THIS DOCUMENT YET, AND HE REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF IT <br />BRIEFLY, TOUCHING ON THE FEDERALLY MANDATED CLOSING OF THE THEN EXISTING <br />LANDFILL AND THE NEED TO ESTABLISH A NEW LANDFILL AND A LONG RANGE <br />PROGRAM. MR. COOLEY EXPLAINED THAT THE SCOPE OF THE PLAN IDENTIFIES <br />AND EVALUATES EXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTY, SUCH AS GEOGRAPHY, <br />TOPOGRAPHY, HYDROLOGY, CLIMATE, ETC. HE STATED THAT THEY CONSIDERED <br />SIGNIFICANT LOCAL FACTORS SUCH AS POPULATION AND LAND USE TO PROJECT <br />THE SOLID WASTE GENERATION OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND EVALUATED THE <br />EXISTING SYSTEM BOTH IN TERMS OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND FUTURE NEEDS TO COME <br />UP WITH WHAT THEY FEEL IS A PRACTICAL, ECONOMICAL AND IMPLEMENTABLE PLAN. <br />ENGINEER COOLEY NOTED THAT THE COUNTY PRESENTLY GENERATES <br />42,500 TONS OF SOLID WASTE PER YEAR AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS <br />FIGURE WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE IN THE NEXT 13-15 YEARS. HE FORESAW THE <br />NEED TO REGULATE STORAGE PRACTICES, AND NOTED THAT AFTER RESEARCH, THEY <br />FELT THE EXISTING PROGRAM OF PRIVATE WASTE COLLECTION CONDUCTED COIN- <br />CIDENTALLY WITH THE CONVENIENCE STATIONS SHOULD BE CONTINUED AND THAT <br />76 <br />FEB81978 WK eA�� 460 <br />