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I <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INTERJECTED THAT IN SOME CASES IT MAY <br />BE NECESSARY TO CROSS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN ORDER TO IRRIGATE THE OTHER <br />SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND IF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY GOES DOWN HIS ROAD, WILL <br />THEY PROVIDE A METHOD SO THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN CROSS THE ROAD TO IRRIGATE? <br />MR. MCCARTY RESPONDED STATING THAT WHAT THEY ARE TAKING IS AN <br />EASEMENT AND THE LANDOWNERS STILL OWN THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY AND STILL <br />HAVE RIGHTS WITHIN THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY. <br />DISCUSSION WAS THEN HELD REGARDING THE MAPS OF THE COUNTY TO <br />INDICATE THE ROUTE OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE AND COMMISSIONER LOY EXPRESSED <br />CONCERN THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THESE MAPS, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT WOULD CONSIDER <br />GOING AROUND THE GROVE NEAR THE FORT DRUM AREA INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH <br />IT. <br />MR. FAIR STATED THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE GROVES WOULD CREATE SUCH <br />A PROBLEM UNTIL THEY HAD MADE THEIR ROUTES. HE CONTINUED THAT AN ADJUST= <br />i <br />MENT CAN BE MADE TO DEVIATE 1000'; THESE STRUCTURES ARE 1/4 MILE APART <br />AND, THEREFORE, THEY CAN GET A LARGE SPAN, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy ASKED WHY THEY DID NOT USE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY <br />THAT BELONGS TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN CERTAIN AREAS? <br />MR, FAIR STATED THAT THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO PARALLEL HIGHWAYS <br />BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AS A T WOULD CAUSE VISUAL POLLUTION. HE <br />FURTHER COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING FEDERAL GUIDELINES WHICH <br />STATE THAT HAVING STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO THE ROAD WOULD BE A HAZARD TO <br />MOTORISTS. <br />PLANNER REDICK NOTED THAT INTERSTATES AND MAJOR ROADS BECOME A <br />VISUAL CORRIDOR FOR AIRCRAFT AND THE POWER LINES WOULD BECOME A HAZARD <br />FOR THE AIRCRAFT. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY'THEN DISCUSSED THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE_RAISED <br />IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY YESTERDAY AND WONDERED HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FLORIDA <br />POWER & LIGHT TO RESEARCH THE ALTERNATE ROUTES THAT WERE PROPOSED. <br />MR. FAIR FELT THIS COULD BE HANDLED .WITHIN A MONTH OR SO AS <br />THEY DO HAVE A CRITICAL TIME SCHEDULE TO FOLLOW; THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO <br />ATTEND A COMMISSION MEETING IN ST, LUCIE COUNTY ON MARCH 13, 1979. <br />31 <br />I <br />