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ITEMIZE THE CHARGES AND IT COMES OUT TO BE A LUMP SUM FEE. DISCUSSION WAS THEN HELD ABOUT THE DRAINAGE STUDY FOR THAT AREA, AND INTERVIEWS ARE TO BE HELD THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT NO DESIGN FOR THAT ROAD IS GOING TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA UNLESS THE DRAINAGE STUDY IS INCLUDED, AND STRESSED THAT IN ORDER TO DO THIS JOB, THEIR FIRM IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SURE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THEIR FIRM EVER WORKED ON A TIME BASIS WITH A "NOT TO EXCEED" FIGURE, AND MR. DEMUDD ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY AND THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE AN UPSET LIMIT. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS ASKED IF THEIR FIRM HAD A FINANCIAL CONSULTANT AND WAS ADVISED THAT A COMPANY KNOWN AS PLANTEK DEVOTES THEIR TIME TO THIS WORK. MR. DEMUDD STATED:THEYi'COMPLETE THEIR WORK ON TIME AND ON BUDGET, AND OFTEN WHEN THEY REACH THE POINT OF COMPLETION, THEY ARE ASKED TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THEY COULD BE HELD TO THEIR ESTIMATE OF TIME AND MR. DEMUDD ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY. MR. DEMUDD THEN PRAISED MR, RATLIFF OF TAMPA, THE ENVIRON- MENTALIST WHO BELONGS TO THEIR SUBSIDIARY FIRM, WHO TAKES CARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. HE MENTIONED THAT IN THE DOT, THEY CONSIDERED HIM QUALIFIED ENOUGH TO TEACH THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE BOARD THEN THANKED MS. BORROWES, MR. BAXLEY AND MR. DEMUDD FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. THE BOARD WELCOMED DON HENDERSON, PROJECT DIRECTOR, AND JIM BOCK, PROJECT DESIGN ENGINEER, FROM GREINER ENGINEERING SCIENCES, INC. OF TAMPA, FLORIDA. MR. HENDERSON STATED THAT THEIR FIRM DESIGNED THE ORIGINAL PROJECT FOR THE DOT. HE CONTINUED THAT THEIR FIRM IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ENGINEERING FIRMS AND HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR OVER %O YEARS; THEIR MAIN OFFICE IS IN TAMPA, AND HAVE BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR 22 YEARS. MR, HENDERSON MENTIONED SEVERAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS: CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE, TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND THE SPACE DEC 12 1979 3 BOCK 42 FAGS 296,