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DEC 121979 aooK 2 PavE 295 A FORMER ENVIRONMENTALIST IN THEIR ORGANIZATION, RON RATLIFF, OF TAMPA, WHO HAS NEVER BEEN TURNED DOWN WHEN HE HAS SOUGHT A PERMIT FROM DER. HE THEN SHOWED SLIDES OF THE FOLLOWING SIMILAR PROJECTS: 1. STATE ROAD IN POLK COUNTY SHOWING DRAINAGE FROM THE ROADWAY GOING INTO THE SWALES, WHERE DAMAGE WAS MINIMIZED TO THE VEGETATION IN THE AREA. 2. SEVERAL STREETS IN LAKE BUENA VISTA. 3. A FOUR LANE STREET WHERE THE DRAINAGE RUNS FROM THE PAVEMENT INTO SWALES, AND THE EXCESS RUNS OFF INTO THE ADJOINING LAKE. 4. STREET IN RESIDENTIAL ORLANDO AREA WHERE WATER RUNS OFF THE PAVEMENT INTO ROADSIDE SWALES AND PERCOLATES INTO THE SOIL, MAINTAINING ASNATURAL CONDITION AS POSSIBLE. 5. STREET IN SOUTHERN PART OF ORLANDO WITH CURBS AND GUTTERS. 6. A FULL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE INTERCHANGE TO THE ENTRANCE TO WALT DISNEY WORLD. HE THEN SHOWED SLIDES OF THE COUNTY'S PROJECT. MR. BAXLEY COMMENTED THAT THEY KNEW COUNTY OFFICIALS HAD BEEN MEETING WITH THE DER TO GET AN ACCEPTABLE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD. HE REPORTED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE SOIL INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER A LIME ROCK BASE WILL BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE PAVEMENT. MR. BAXLEY FELT THE DESIGN SCHEDULE WILL TAKE 3 TO 3-1/2 MONTHS AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS WILL BE ABOUT 6 MONTHS, CULMINATING WITH A SET OF AS -BUILT DRAWINGS FOR THE COUNTY'S USE. HE AFFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD BE READY TO WORK RIGHT AWAY AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED WHAT JOBS THEY ARE NOW DOING IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. Ms. BORROWES EXPLAINED THEY ARE NOT DOING ANY ENGINEERING AT THE PRESENT TIME, JUST WATER MANAGEMENT; BUT YEARS AGO THEIR FIRM WORKED ON I-95 AND DID THE DESIGN WORK ON THE UDU SYSTEM. JOHN DEMUDD, PROJECT MANAGER, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND EXPLAINED THE COST CONTROL. HE STATED THEY DEVELOP WHAT THEY CONSIDER THE MAN-HOUR ESTIMATES AND APPLY THEIR HOURLY RATE; AND. THEY HAVE AN OVERHEAD FACTOR AND A PROFIT. MR. DEMUDD NOTED THEY