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SO THEY DO NOT LET IT SLIP BY. HE FELT.IN_THIS INSTANCE, -WE SHOULD <br />CALL THOSE CONTACTED AND DETERMINE WHY THEY DID NOT BID. <br />THE BOARD AGREED TO DELAY A DECISION ON AWARD OF -THIS <br />BID UNTIL THESE COMPANIES CAN BE CONTACTED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ANNOUNCED THAT FLORIDA POWER &-LIGHT HAS <br />WRITTEN A LETTER REQUESTING THAT DISCUSSION IN REGARD TO MODIFICATION <br />OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT ORDER (ITEM #5) BE WITHDRAWN FROM TODAY'S AGENDA <br />AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THEY CAN DO MORE RESEARCH <br />ON SOME POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE REPORTED THAT HE, ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS <br />AND ATTORNEY COLLINS, WENT TO FORT PIERCE MONDAY MORNING AND MET <br />WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, <br />THEIR ADMINISTRATOR WELDON LEWIS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF FP&L AND <br />DISCUSSED THE LETTER SENT TO THEM SETTING OUT OUR REACTION TO THE <br />PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF OUR DEVELOPMENT ORDER. THE CHAIRMAN <br />STATED THAT AFTER A LOT OF PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIGHTS <br />OF PROPERTY OWNERS, AN ALTERNATIVE CAME UP THAT WAS BASICALLY ACCOM- <br />PLISHING WHAT THIS BOARD WAS CONCERNED ABOUT - CROSSING WEST OF <br />MR. BARNES' PROPERTY. FP&L, HOWEVER, WASN'T ABLE TO GIVE A DEFINITE <br />ANSWER UNTIL THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DID SOME TEST RUNS ON <br />THE PROPOSED ALTERNATE ROUTE. BASICALLY THE ALTERNATE PROPOSAL WAS <br />TO CONTINUE THE LINE IN ST, LUCIE ALONG THE TURNPIKE, UP THE CURVE <br />AND AS CLOSE TO THE TOWER AS POSSIBLE, AND TO CROSS THE TURNPIKE ON <br />A DIAGONAL. THERE WERE SEVERAL ALTERNATES FOR CROSSING THE DRAINAGE <br />DISTRICT. THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH <br />MRS. HOOKER, THE PROPERTY OWNER IN ST, LUCIE WHO DID NOT WISH THE <br />TRANSMISSION LINES ON HER LAND, AND THIS ALTERNATIVE IS ACCEPTABLE <br />TO HER AND TO ST. LUCIE COUNTY. THE CHAIRMAN BELIEVED OUR CONCERNS <br />CAN BE MET ALSO. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, COMMISSIONER DEESON AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE VOTED IN FAVOR, THE <br />BOARD CONTINUED ITEM #5 ON TODAY'S AGENDA UNTIL THE MEETING OF <br />DECEMBER 19TH. <br />N <br />DEC 51979 BOOK 2 PAGE 185 <br />