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MR. FAIR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT FP&L IS OF THE OPINION <br />THAT THE MODIFICATION WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL IMPACT <br />SINCE IT WOULD AFFECT ONLY THE PEOPLE ON A FEW PARCELS, HE, THERE- <br />FORE, REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD MODIFY THEIR DEVELOPMENT ORDER SO <br />FP&L CAN EXTEND THE LINE ALONG THE PORTION OF THE TURNPIKE INDICATED, <br />WHICH HE FELT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS, <br />HE NOTED THAT THE COSTS OF GOING SOUTH OR NORTH OF THE TOWER ARE <br />ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT, BUT DISCUSSED -THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PROBLEMS INVOLVED <br />IN GOING SOUTH AROUND THE TOWER BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A GAP BETWEEN <br />THE TRANSMISSION LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE TURNPIKE RIGHT-OF-WAY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT BEFORE FP&L GOT TOO FAR WITH <br />THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ORDER, THEY SHOULD HAVE FOUND OUT <br />WHO WAS AFFECTED IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND MADE THOSE PEOPLE AWARE <br />OF THE PROBLEM. <br />MR. FAIR STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT PRECAUTION <br />HAD THEY ANTICIPATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY DICTATING THE LOCATION WHERE <br />THEY ENTERED INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, BUT THEY NEVER ANTICIPATED SUCH A <br />POSSIBILITY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE REASON ST. LUCIE COUNTY <br />INSTRUCTED FP&L TO CROSS THE TURNPIKE WAS BECAUSE OF THE OBJECTION <br />OF THE RANCH OWNER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TURNPIKE. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT BECAUSE OF THAT OBJECTION TO RUNNING THE LINE THROUGH PASTURE <br />LAND, WE NOW ARE BEING ASKED TO RUN THE TRANSMISSION LINE THROUGH <br />CITRUS LAND AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAND THAT HAS TO BE WORKED WITH A <br />DRAGLINE. HE ASKED IF IT Is FP&L'S FEELING THAT THE PROPOSED RE- <br />ALIGNMENT IS BETTER THAN GOING THROUGH PASTURE LAND IN ST. LUCIE <br />COUNTY. - <br />MR. FAIR DID NOT THINK SO, BUT COMMENTED THAT FP&L REALLY <br />DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION ON THIS, AND THEY -DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH <br />THE TRANSMISSION TOWER. <br />ATTORNEY MICHAEL O'HAIRE APPEARED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE <br />BARNES FAMILY, THE GROVE OWNERS WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE MODIFICA- <br />TION, AND ALSO AS COUNSEL FOR THE ST. .JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />WHICH OWNS LAND ALL ALONG THE NEW ALIGNMENT. HE FELT THAT WHAT <br />HAPPENED IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS THAT ONE RANCH OWNER INDICATED TO <br />31 �� <br />OCT 2 41979 <br />