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CHAIRMAN WODTKE THEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE <br />WHO WISHED TO SPEAK. <br />KENNETH PRINCE, VERO BEACH, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND EXPRESSED <br />CONCERN ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ON RT, 60 NOT BEING ADEQUATE. MR. PRINCE <br />NOTED THE TRANSMISSION LINES WILL GO DIAGONALLY ACROSS HIS GROVE, WHICH <br />HE DID NOT CARE FOR; HE PREFERS THEY WOULD GO STRAIGHT ACROSS INSTEAD. <br />HE FURTHER SUGGESTED FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CHECK WITH THE WATER CONTROL <br />AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE ANTICIPATING CROSSING RT. 60 AS THERE IS AN <br />ACCUMULATION OF WATER MOST PEOPLE OVERLOOK UNTIL IT RAINS. <br />REESE KESSLER, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, CAME <br />BEFORE THE BOARD FOR CLARIFICATION OF CHAPTER 403 REGARDING EXEMPTIONS <br />OF THE INSTALLATION OF POWER TRANSMISSION LINES. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />SOME OF THESE STRUCTURES WILL BE CROSSING ST. JOHNS, FT. DRUM CREEK <br />AND BLUE CYPRESS CREEK AND WILL ACTUALLY CUT INTO THE WATERS OF THE STATE, <br />HE CONTINUED THAT UNLESS THERE HAS BEEN SOME SPECIAL TYPE OF LEGISLATION <br />IN THE PAST YEAR, WILL THESE CULVERTS BE PLACED IN ONE OF THESE WATER <br />BODIES OR SOME DRAINAGE DITCHES FOR ROAD,ACCESS OR CULVERTS? <br />MR. FAIR STATED THAT THEY DO NOT INTEND TO PUT ANY STRUCTURES <br />INTO CREEKS AND WILL BE SPANNING OVER THE ST. .JOHNS MARSH AREA. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT IN CROSSING A CREEK, THEY COME IN ON BOTH SIDES, SPAN <br />OVER THE CREEK, WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCESS ROAD. MR. FAIR SAID THERE IS <br />A 1300' SPAN BETWEEN TOWERS TO CET ACROSS THE CREEK AND THEY WILL ATTEMPT <br />s TO USE ANY EXISTING ROADS IF POSSIBLE. <br />SHERMAN SMITH, JR., REPRESENTING CIGARETTE RANCH, APPROACHED <br />THE BOARD AND STATED THIS RANCH IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF <br />THE COUNTY. THE OWNERS WOULD PREFER THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING LIKE <br />THIS ON THEIR PROPERTY BUT REALIZE THAT IT MUST BE PLACED SOMEWHERE. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CORRIDOR AND HOW DEFINITE IT <br />IS; WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE, AND HOW MANY VARIABLES DO WE KNOW THERE <br />WILL ULTIMATELY BE BETWEEN WHAT IS SAID TODAY AND THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION? <br />MR. FAIR COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED TO ALL THE AGENCIES <br />THAT THEY SHOULD*HAVE A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE THE FINAL CENTER <br />LINE OF THIS TRANSMISSION RIGHT—OF—WAY. HE CONTINUED THAT SINCE THE <br />SURVEYING HAS NOT BEEN DONE OR ANY LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN PRE— <br />PARED, NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN HANDLED WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS. <br />Ufa <br />39 PAGE M <br />FEB 2 11979 <br />� � <br />