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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER Loy, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COLLINS TO DISCUSS THE USE OF THE 31 WATER TAPS RELEASED BY THE MOORINGS WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM HUD IN ATLANTA RELATIVE TO THE FLOOD INSURANCE ORDINANCE STATING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS DEFICIENT, AND HE ASKED THEM TO GET SOMETHING TO US IN WRITING. PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK STATED THAT HE AND ATTORNEY COLLINS HAVE PUT TOGETHER A REVISED EMERGENCY FLOOD ORDINANCE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE FLOOD ORDINANCE PASSED TWO WEEKS AGO IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE ONE PASSED BY BREVARD COUNTY AND APPROVED BY HUD, BUT APPARENTLY THEY HAVE NOW ADDED SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS. HE CONTINUED THAT WHEN MR. REDICK RECEIVED THE LETTER YESTERDAY, THEY AMENDED THE ORDINANCE AND ADDED IN THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK REVIEWED IN DETAIL THE VARIOUS NEW REQUIREMENTS ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MANDATED WHAT YOU -':MUST DO IN ORDER TO GET THE BENEFIT. HE STATED THAT HE AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ARE VERY APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE ORDINANCE, BUT FEEL THAT THIS IS THE BEST THAT CAN BE .DONE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, .PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK AGREED THAT THE ORDINANCE SETS OUT THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM RESTRICTION THAT HE FEELS WE CAN GET BY WITH, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LAY, TO DECLARE THAT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION EXISTS AND ADOPT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE N0. 78-25 AMENDING ORDINANCE 78-22 IN TOTO. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER EXPRESSED A GREAT CONCERN WITH THE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH COULD RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE COST FOR A DEVELOPER, BUT AGREED THAT WE HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE, THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION, IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY, AUG 2 3 1978 49 59 Four 1