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CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, TOGETHER WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND PERSONNEL DIRECTOR <br />DONLON, SCREENED THE 33 APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF PLANNING <br />& ZONING DIRECTOR DOWN TO SIX, WHICH SIX WERE SUBMITTED TO THE <br />PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND THE TOP THREE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WILL REPORT ON THE <br />PROCEDURE FOR THE HIRING OF A PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR LATER, <br />BUT ASKED IF THE BOARD WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH HIS RELEASING <br />THE NAMES OF THE SIX APPLICANTS RECOMMENDED TO THE ZONING BOARD <br />AND THEIR TOP THREE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESS AT THIS TIME. <br />THE BOARD HAD NO OBJECTIONS. <br />.JAMES BEINDORF, ENGINEER, REPORTED TO THE BOARD ON <br />INTERVIEWING VINCENT AMY, A GEOLOGIST WITH GERAGHTY & MILLER <br />OF WEST PALM BEACH,IN REGARD TO DOING A STUDY IN HOBART PARK <br />REGARDING THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF WATER AVAILABLE THERE TO <br />SERVE THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE. MR. BEINDORF SPOKE OF MR. AMY'S <br />EXPERTISE AND HIS FAMILIARITY WITH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND <br />INTRODUCED MR. AMY TO THE BOARD. <br />.MR. AMY GAVE THE BOARD A BRIEF RESUME OF HIS QUALIFICATIONS <br />AND EXPERIENCE IN FLORIDA AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND CONTINUED ON <br />WITH A -PRESENTATION IN REGARD TO LOCATING A WATER SOURCE IN THE <br />HOBART PARK AREA. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SHALLOW ACOUIFER <br />IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -IS LARGELY UNTAPPED AND REPRESENTS A GREAT <br />POTENTIAL OF GROUND WATER. MR, AMY WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPING <br />A SOURCE -OF WATER IN HOBART PARK, BUT ACQUAINTED THE BOARD WITH <br />VARIOUS FACTORS THAT MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION SUCH AS A <br />POSSIBLE LOWERING OF THE LEVEL OF THE LAKES CURRENTLY BEING USED <br />FOR RECREATION, POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE ACQUIFER BY THE <br />MANY SMALL WELLS THAT HAVE BEEN DRILLED IN THIS AREA OVER THE YEARS, <br />AND ALSO THE PROXIMITY OF THE INDIAN RIVER FARMS CANAL, WHICH <br />CONVEYS SURPLUS IRRIGATION WATER. HE DISCUSSED'SALT WATER INTRUSION, <br />BUT FELT ANY CHANCES OF THIS ARE REMOTE.- MR. AMY EXPLAINED THAT <br />TO COMPENSATE FOR ALL THESE FACTORS, HE HAS SELECTED AN AREA IN A <br />RELATIVELY UNEXPLORED PART OF THE PARK, WHICH HE FEELS WILL <br />17 <br />APR 5 1978 <br />@GOK 34 PAGE1' 6 <br />