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AUG 81979 <br />NR 41 PAGE 2 ! <br />PLANNER REVER STATED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THAT IT <br />WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST FOR THIS ABANDONMENT TO BE APPROVED - IT <br />WOULD PRESENT A SINGLE PARCEL OF C -1A, AS THE MOORINGS OWNS PARCEL A. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS, THAT THE APPLICANT BE AUTHORIZED TO ADVERTISE FOR ABANDONMENT OF <br />BOWLINE DRIVE BETWEEN MOORING LINE DRIVE AND REGATTA DRIVE IN THE <br />MOORINGS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. <br />DAVE CHAPPELL, PRESIDENT OF THE CHAPPELL AMBULANCE SERVICE, <br />INC., APPROACHED THE BOARD REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE <br />AND NECESSITY. HE STATED THAT THE SEBASTIAN RIVER MEDICAL CENTER HAS <br />OFFERED TO GIVE HIM SPACE TO KEEP A VEHICLE AND CREW FOR HIS NON -EMERGENCY <br />TYPE AMBULANCE SERVICE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT THIS IS NOT A SHORTCOMING OF <br />THE SEBASTIAN VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD AS THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO <br />PROVIDE NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE. HE CONTINUED THAT C & .J AMBULANCE OF <br />FT. PIERCE PROVIDES NON -EMERGENCY SERVICE, AND HE WAS NOT AWARE THEIR <br />SERVICE WAS INADEQUATE. <br />MR. CHAPPELL STATED THAT HIS MANAGER WAS IN CONTACT WITH <br />C & J AND ADVISED THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH DESIRE TO SERVE THAT END <br />OF THE COUNTY; AND HE COULD NOT SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THEIR SERVICE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE SEBASTIAN RIVER <br />MEDICAL CENTER WOULD PROVIDE MR. CHAPPELL WITH SPACE; ALSO, WHAT IS <br />THEIR MAIN TRAFFIC FROM SEBASTIAN. <br />MR. CHAPPELL REPORTED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 12 CALLS A DAY <br />FROM THE SEBASTIAN AREA, 6 OF WHICH ARE NON -EMERGENCY CALLS. HE STATED <br />THAT ON A DAILY BASIS OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR, THERE ARE ABOUT 2-1/2 <br />CALLS A DAY PRIMARILY TAKING PATIENTS TO THE DOCTOR'S CLINIC AND THE <br />HOSPITAL TO USE THE CAT SCAN. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED <br />A PROBLEM WITH THE CAT SCAN WHEN INDIGENTS USE IT AND ARE UNABLE TO <br />PAY THEIR BILL. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INQUIRED ABOUT JUSTIFYING AN AMBULANCE AND <br />CREW ON 2-1/2 CALLS A DAY AT ONE LOCATION. <br />