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ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO READVERTISE <br />THE MCCULLERS' PROPERTY FOR REZONING. <br />PLANNER REDICK APPROACHED THE BOARD TO DISCUSS WELLS'AND PERMITS, <br />AND THE QUESTION OF THE SAND RIDGE AND THE AQUIFER, HE CONTINUED THAT <br />HE HAD CONTACT WITH THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SOCIETY, WHO DID A <br />SMALL HYDROLOGICAL STUDY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN 1971 RECENTLY PLANNER <br />REDICK SPOKE WITH THEM IN ORLANDO AND THE SOCIETY SAID IF THE BOARD FELT <br />THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY AS TO WELLS AND <br />PERMITTING AND THE SAND RIDGE AS EVIDENCED BY REZONING AND MINING, THEY <br />COULD DO A NEW STUDY OF THE AREA, HE CONTINUED THAT THIS WOULD ENABLE <br />THEM TO SEE WHAT CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE WATER TABLES, IN THE j <br />SALT CONTENT, MINERAL CONTENT, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST EIGHT <br />YEARS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, TO GIVE US A BETTER INDICATION OF OUR PRESENT <br />SITUATION. PLANNER REDICK SAID HE COULD NOT TELL WHETHER IT WOULD BE A' <br />FREE STUDY, OR A SHARING.OF THE COST BY THE COUNTY, BUT HE WOULD LIKE <br />TO PREPARE A LETTER FOR THE CHAIRMAN'S SI,GNATURE TO ASK THE GEOLOGICAL <br />SOCIETY FOR ASSISTANCE IN THIS STUDY. HE FELT IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL <br />IN DETERMINING WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE FUTURE. <br />PLANNER REDICK STATED THAT IN TALKING WITH THE MATER MANAGEMENT <br />DISTRICT REGARDING THE AQUIFER, THE POLLUTANTS AND SALINE SOLUTIONS, THEY <br />ADVISED IT WILL BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />CAN MAKE A STUDY. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY DID COME UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT <br />ENTAILED USING PRIVATELY OWNED WELLS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE COUNTY, <br />AND WE COULD ESTABLISH A SAMPLING TECHNIQUE, WHICH MONITORS SALT WATER <br />INTRUSION AND OTHER PROBLEMS. PLANNER REDICK WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP <br />ON THE SUGGESTION AND SEE IF WELL OWNERS WOULD COOPERATE AND HAVE THE <br />BOARD AUTHORIZE PERSONNEL TO TAKE THOSE SAMPLES. HE CONTINUED THESE ARE <br />TWO PROGRAMS THAT CAN GIVE US SOME ANSWERS, AND ARE NOT COSTLY, BUT THE <br />BOARD'S APPROVAL IS NEEDED BEFORE PROCEEDING. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE <br />SALT WATER INTRUSION AND THE SUPPLY TO OUR AQUIFER. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, THAT THE CHAIRMAN BE AUTHORIZED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE GEOLOGICAL <br />45 <br />a <br />Bw 39 PAGE 126 <br />