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I� <br />1967 WHEN THE COUNTY REMOVED THE CULVERT AT 3RD AND PUT IN THE BRIDGE, <br />THEY RAN A PROFILE OF THE 16TH AVENUE DITCH THAT BELONGS TO THE DOT, <br />AND HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IF THAT DITCH HAD BEEN OPEN AND A GOOD <br />CLEAN DITCH, WITH WHAT MR. WEGENER POINTED OUT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL <br />MESH SCREEN, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE FLOODING BECAUSE THE WATER WOULD <br />HAVE COME DOWN FASTER AND IT COULD NOT GET THROUGH. HE AGREED THAT <br />THIS, HOWEVER, IS NO REASON FOR NOT CLEANING THE DITCH. THE ADMINIS- <br />TRATOR STATED THAT HE HAS CALLED THE DOT ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS OF THE <br />ROCKRIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION'AND TALKED WITH MR. SCHINDLER, <br />THE DRAINAGE ENGINEER WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE DOT FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT <br />APPEARS THAT THERE ARE SOME 12 TO 15 OUTLETS IN ROCKRIDGE THAT GO INTO <br />THE DITCH THAT WERE NEVER AUTHORIZED. APPARENTLY THE DEVELOPER JUST <br />PUT THEM IN WITHOUT GETTING ANY PERMITS. IT WAS COMMENTED BY THE DOT <br />AT ONE TIME, THAT IF THE WATER EVER BACKED UP, THEY WOULD BLOCK THOSE <br />UNAUTHORIZED OUTLETS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NOT DONE THIS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS CONTINUED THAT THE DOT DID RUN THE <br />WATER AROUND AND INTO WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE OUTFALL DITCH. THAT <br />DITCH AGAIN WAS CUT AROUND BY THE DEVELOPER, AND THE DOT HAS ALREADY <br />POINTED OUT THAT IF THE LAND WAS EVER DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH, WHERE THE <br />MOBILE HOME PARK IS NOW, THAT THE DITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE ENLARGED. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED -THAT HE HAS LATELY BEEN INFORMED THAT SOME OF <br />THIS DITCH IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SOME HAS BEEN FILLED IN. HE <br />THEN EXPLAINED HOW THE DOT AND EVERYONE ELSE MUST GO THROUGH SET PRO-. <br />CEDURES WITH DER, ETC., AND WHEN THEY ARE TOLD THEY MUST PUT IN A CERTAIN <br />METAL SCREEN TO KEEP WASTE MATERIAL FROM GETTING INTO THE RIVER, THEY <br />HONOR THAT. THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT IF ANYONE HAS A SOLUTION TO <br />OFFER HIM, HE WOULD BE GLAD TO HEAR IT. HE SUGGESTED THAT WE ASK FOR <br />•A WORKSHOP MEETING INCLUDING THE COUNTY CONSULTING ENGINEERS, ONE OR <br />ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, <br />REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DOT DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE DEPARTMENT <br />OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, ETC. HE FELT IN THIS WAY WE CAN SIT DOWN <br />AND FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION AND PREVENT IT <br />FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. THE ADMINISTRATOR FURTHER NOTED THAT THIS <br />49 <br />JUN., 61979 <br />Boa 40 FAGE42t <br />