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THE ADMINISTRATOR FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD INSTIGATE A COMPLETE DRAINAGE STUDY SOUTH OF ROCKRIDGE AND EAST OF U.S. 1 TO THE INDIAN RIVER SO WE CAN HAVE A TIGHT CONTROL ON WHAT IS BUILT IN THIS AREA BECAUSE EVERY .TIME YOU BUILD A PARKING LOT OR MORE ROOF TOP, YOU ELIMINATE SOME PERCOLATION AREA. HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL THIS WILL TAKE BOTH TIME AND MONEY. MR. IIEGENER INQUIRED ABOUT THE 3RD AVENUE BY-PASS, WHICH IS STORM DRAINAGE AND SHOULD BE CLEANED IMMEDIATELY. HE FELT.YOU WOULDN'T NEED A PERMIT FOR THIS. ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS NOTED THAT WHEN MR. WEGENER TALKS ABOUT GOING INTO THAT BY-PASS, DIGGING IT OUT, AND ENLARGING IT, HE IS TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THE COUNTY DOESN'T OWN ONE FOOT OF IT. MR.-'WEGENER FELT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH MIGHT, BUT THE ADMINIS- TRATOR DIDN,T BELIEVE SO. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON WHO IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM - WHY THE DOT HAS NOT CLEANED THE DITCH - CUTTING OFF OF THE OVERFLOW FROM THE SHOPPING CENTER' WHO GAVE�PERMISSION FOR THE PEOPLE TO USE THE DITCH - WHY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WAS NOT DONE, ETC., ETC, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BOARD CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THIS IS A COMPLICATED AND CUM- BERSOME PROBLEM, BUT HE•POINTED OUT THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR IS FAMILIAR WITH WORKING WITH THE MAZE OF AGENCIES AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS AND ` HE FELT THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HAS MADE A WORTHWHILE SUGGESTION THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR`S SUGGESTION SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP ON AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SINCE UNTIL WE CAN GET ALL THE PARTIES CONCERNED INVOLVED, NO SOLUTION.CAN BE REACHED. MR. WEGENER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER PROBLEMS MENTIONED, THE DITCH FROM THE PRESENT INDIAN RIVER BLVD. UP TO THE EDGE OF THE RIVER IS VERY SHALLOW AND OVERGROWN. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS EXPLAINED THAT THE DOT IS AWARE OF THAT. THEY ARE ONLY PERMITTED TO OPEN THAT DITCH TO A CERTAIN POINT, 51 JUN 61979 I