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m <br />MR. FAIR REPLIED THAT THERE IS A GROVE AREA, ABOUT 100 ACRES, <br />SOUTH OF RT. 60 THAT IS CROSSED BY THE TRANSMISSION LINE. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE PROPERTIES INVOLVED IN <br />THIS COUNTY,AND PLANNER REDICK NOTED THAT MOST OF THE PROPERTIES WERE <br />IN LARGE SECTIONS, MOSTLY IN PASTURE LAND, AND ONE GROVE.AREA TO THE <br />SOUTHWEST. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL <br />RECOMMENDATION ALLOWED A DEVIATION OF 1000' OR GREATER AND IF IT INCREASES <br />S% AN AREA THAT IS A GROVE OR WETLANDS, THAT ARE CROSSED BY THE RIGHT-OF- <br />WAY, THE RPC CAN DETERMINE IF IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE PROBLEM OF DRAINAGE <br />AND WATER RETENTION AND ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION OF FPL's WILLINGNESS <br />TO COMPLY WITH THE NECESSARY PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. HE FELT THE <br />PROPERTY OWNERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY <br />WHEN THE CULVERTS ARE PUT IN. HE ALSO ASKED WHAT INPUT, ON THE LOCAL <br />LEVEL, WILL WE HAVE TO INSURE THAT THE DRAINAGE IS PROPER. <br />MR. FAIR EXPLAINED THAT TRANSMISSION LINES OF THIS TYPE ARE NOT <br />PERMITTED UNDER CHAPTER 403 BUT UNDER CHAPTER 373, THEY ARE PERMITTED, <br />WHICH ALLOWS THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO SPECIFY SIZE AND LOCATION <br />OF CULVERTS. HE CONTINUED THAT THEIR STANDARD PRACTICE IS TO UTILIZE <br />CULVERTS AND TO HAVE NO INTERFERENCE WITH DRAINAGE, CTHERWISE WATER WOULD <br />BACK UP ON THE ROADS. MR, FAIR EMPHASIZED THEY WANTED ALL THE DRAINAGE <br />SYSTEMS TO CONTINUE. <br />RALPH EVANSON, ENGINEER, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED <br />THAT THE NORMAL PRACTICE OF FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT, IN PREPARATION OF THE <br />RIGHT-OF-WAY, IS TO REVIEW THE WHOLE AREA THEY ARE CROSSING AND THEN THEY <br />CULVERT THEM WITH THE CULVERT THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER <br />FLOW. HE CONTINUED THAT IF THEY CROSS THE CANAL, THEY GET TOGETHER WITH <br />THE FLOOD CONTROL MANAGER TO FIND OUT WHAT CULVERT TO USE FOR THEIR <br />PROJECTED WATER FLOW. MR. EVANSON COMMENTED THAT THEY DO NOT CROSS MAJOR <br />DITCHES AND IF THERE IS A LARGE CANAL, THEY BUILD UP TO IT AND GO AROUND <br />FROM ANOTHER DIRECTION. HE CONCLUDED BY STATING THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE <br />W <br />39 faullu <br />