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ROBERT EDSALL, GROVE OWNER, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED <br />THAT THIS WHOLE SITUATION IS NOT FP&LAS FAULT. THE GROWERS AND <br />RANCHERS IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY OPPOSED A DIAGONAL ROUTE THROUGH THE <br />COUNTY, AND THE TRANSMISSION TOWER WAS A STUMBLING BLOCK. MRS. HOOKER, <br />THE RANCH OWNER WHO SUGGESTED THE TURNPIKE BE CROSSED AT A DIFFERENT <br />LOCATION, STATED THE LAND ACROSS THE TURNPIKE WAS MOSTLY UNDEVELOPED <br />AND APPARENTLY THE WESTERN HALF IS TOTALLY UNDEVELOPED, BUT NOT THE <br />REST. MR. EDSALL CONTINUED THAT MRS. HOOKER IS NOT A REGULAR RANCHER. <br />SHE HAS IMPROVED PASTURE AND HAS AN INTRICATE SYSTEM OF DITCHES TO <br />IRRIGATE HER CLOVER FIELD. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT POSSIBLY THE SOLUTION WOULD BE TO <br />MOVE THE TOWER. HE AGREED THAT COULD BE EXPENSIVE, BUT SO IS THE <br />ADDITIONAL HEARING PROCESS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED HOW THE TRANSMISSION LINE WOULD <br />AFFECT MRS. HOOKERS DRAINAGE, AND MR. EDSALL STATED THAT IT IS LIKE <br />A RICE PADDY, AND HER PROBLEM IS THE ACCESS ROADS. HE NOTED THAT <br />THE CITRUS MEN CAN T TOLERATE INVASION OF THEIR AIR SPACE. <br />ROADS. <br />MR. FAIR POINTED OUT THAT FP&L WOULD CULVERT ALL THE ACCESS <br />ATTORNEY O'HAIRE COMMENTED THAT IN PROTECTING MRS. HOOKER'S <br />PRIVATELY OWNED DITCHES, THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION ADVERSELY AFFECTS <br />PUBLIC DITCHES AND THE DRAINAGE IN THE WHOLE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT WE SHOULD CONTACT ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND <br />ASK THEM TO CONSIDER WHAT WILL HAVE THE LEAST AFFECT ON THE LEAST <br />NUMBER OF PEOPLE, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THERE IS SOME ROOM FOR COMPROMISE WEST <br />OF THE TOWER, AND DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO POSSIBLE VARIATIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD TAKE THE STAND <br />THAT WE KNOW THIS LINE MUST BE JOINED, BUT OUR VIEWPOINT AT THE <br />MOMENT IS THAT WE WILL NOT MODIFY_OUR DEVELOPMENT ORDER; IF, HOWEVER, <br />ST. LUCIE COUNTY WANTS TO CHANGE ITS ROUTING AND BRING THE LINE <br />ACROSS THE TURNPIKE WEST OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE CANAL, WE <br />WOULD BE AMENABLE TO MODIFYING OUR ORDER TO SHOW THE LINE GOING DOWN <br />THE TURNPIKE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO OUR OLD POINT OF JOINING. HE ASKED IF <br />WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER HEARING IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. <br />OCT 2 4 1979 <br />35 qac a 781 <br />