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u MR. FAIR NEXT READ FROM EXHIBIT #2, AN EXCERPT FROM SECTION 25 OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY CODE,'AS FOLLOWS: "ESSENTIAL SERVICES - ESSENTIAL SERVICES.SHALL BE PERMITTED IN ANY DISTRICT, AS AUTHORIZED AND REGULATED BY LAW AND RESOLUTIONS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, IT BEING THE INTENTION HEREOF TO EXEMPT SUCH ESSENTIAL SERVICES FROM THE APPLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE EXCEPT THAT ALL BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES TO BE LOCATED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN APPROVAL." MR. FAIR CONTINUED THAT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT INTERFERED WITH AND IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THIS IS NOT LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE CRITICAL SAFETY IS CONCERNED. HE THEN DISCUSSED FACTORS WHICH LED TO THE SELECTION OF THE PROPOSED ROUTE AND DISPLAYED A MAP, GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT." PIR. FAIR REPORTED THAT THEY INTEND TO UTILIZE A PORTION OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY;AND THE ST. .JOHNS MARSH AREA IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FROM AN ENVIRONMENT AND CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT AND WHICH WOULD PRESENT PROBLEMS WERE THEY TO TRY TO DIVERSE IN AN EAST -WEST DIRECTION. -HE CONTINUED THAT THE MAP SHOWED LANDS OWNED BY THE ST, JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND FLOOD AREAS SUBJECT TO THEIR MANAGEMENT, MR. FAIR +COMMENTED THAT THE OVERLAY SHOWED BULL CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IN OSCEOLA COUNTY AND THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS THAT WERE CRITICAL AS THEY WERE THE HABITAT OF THE FLORIDA EVER- • GLADES PIKE AND THE DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW. HE THEN ADVISED THERE WAS ONE -SUCH AREA IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND EFFORTS WERE DIRECTED TO TRY TO GO WEST OF THE ST. .JOHNS MARSH IN ORDER TO AVOID THE SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS WITHIN THE MARSH, MINIMIZING THE LENGTH OF THE LINE AT THE SAME TIME. MR. FAIR STATED THE COST FOR THIS PROJECT IS $600,000 TO $700,000 A MILE FOR A SINGLE LINE AND WHERE THEY HAVE TWO LINES TOGETHER, THE LENGTH IS EVEN MORE CRITICAL AND THEN THE COST IS DOUBLED TO $1,200,000 TO $1,400,000 A MILE. -HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT THEY ARE USING SOUND ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES AND ARE MINIMIZING THE LENGTH DUE TO COST. MR. FAIR THEN SAID THE DRI PROCESS IS NOT A PROCESS THAT DEALS WITH 26 FEB 2 11979 BOOK 39 PAGE 10 7 .