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OCT 2 41979 Bou 41 fins778 <br />THEM THAT IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IF THE LINES CROSSED OVER <br />AND ENTERED INTO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AT THAT POINT BECAUSE THERE <br />WAS NOTHING OVER THERE. THAT IS NOT TRUE, HOWEVER, SINCE THE <br />BARNES FAMILY HAS CLEARED, FILLED, AND BEDDED THIS AREA FOR CITRUS, <br />AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION WHICH <br />WOULD AFFECT THEIR AERIAL SPRAYING. IN ADDITION, NO ONE EVER CON- <br />SULTED THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. MR. O'HAIRE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />THE DISTRICT HAS IMPORTANT STRUCTURES THERE, AND THERE SHOULD BE <br />ADEQUATE TIME ALLOWED FOR THEM TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF SUCH_ A <br />MODIFICATION. ATTORNEY O'HAIRE COMMENTED THAT ST. LUCIE COUNTY <br />APPARENTLY RELIED ON THE OBJECTIONS OF ONE LAND OWNER WHO HAS PASTURE <br />LAND AND MISREPRESENTED THAT THERE WAS JUST SWAMP AND WOODS ON THE <br />OTHER SIDE OF THE TURNPIKE; HE, THEREFORE, WQULD REQUEST THAT THIS <br />BOARD NOT ENTERTAIN CHANGING THEIR DEVELOPMENT ORDER AT THIS TIME, <br />ESPECIALLY WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY INPUT FROM THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT. <br />HE DID NOT FEEL THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHOULD PERMIT THE ST. LUCIE <br />COUNTY COMMISSION, IN PROTECTING ITS AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, TO CRAM <br />THIS MODIFICATION DOWN OUR THROATS, AND ALSO FELT THAT A CHANGE AS <br />RADICAL AS THIS WOULD INVOLVE READVERTISING AND RENOTICING. <br />MR. FAIR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL <br />HAS APPEALED THE ST, LUCIE DEVELOPMENT ORDER BASED ON THE EXISTENCE <br />OF THIS GAP, AND FP&L HAS INTERVENED IN THAT APPEAL. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT THE APPEAL IS PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE DISCUSSION HERE TODAY, <br />AND HE WAS HOPEFUL THIS MATTER COULD BE RESOLVED BETWEEN THE COUNTIES <br />INVOLVED. <br />MR. FAIR EXPLAINED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CONTACTED THE DRAINAGE <br />DISTRICT, <br />BUT WHEN THEY CHECKED THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S <br />RECORDS, <br />THE DRAINAGE <br />DISTRICT <br />DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE MAPS AND THEY <br />WERE NOT <br />CONTACTED. <br />HE NOTED THAT DRAINAGE CANALS ARE A SITUATION THAT FP&L HAS ENCOUN- <br />TERED THOUSANDS OF TIMES ALL OVER THE STATE, AND THEY HAVE STANDARDS <br />WHICH CALL FOR ADDITIONAL CLEARANCE IN CROSSING THESE CANALS TO <br />ALLOW FOR MAINTENANCE. <br />