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CHIEF ENGINEER AND PROJECT DIRECTORS DETERMINE WHAT TEAM SHOULD BE ASSIGNED, AND THEY HAVE LATITUDE SHIFTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE MATRIX INTO A TEAM APPROACH, TO BE OF GOOD SERVICE AND ECONOMICALLY COMPETITIVE; AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN COMPUTER SERVICES IN-HOUSE PLUS A LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP. HE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE SELECTED BY THE WALT DISNEY FIRM TO DO THE SITE PREPARATION AND ROAD SYSTEM FOR THE NEW EPCOT COMMUNITY; THEY ALSO HAVE DONE FOREIGN WORK IN BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THIS WOULD BE HANDLED OUT OF THE TAMPA OFFICE, AND MR. HENDERSON ADVISED THEY WOULD BE USING THE SAME GROUP THAT DID THE JOB PREVIOUSLY. MR. HENDERSON EXPLAINED THEY WOULD NEED THE ASSISTANCE OF A TESTING LAB FOR A FEW MORE BORINGS FOR THE PROPOSED BRIDGE SITE AND IF THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE, THEY COULD HANDLE THE WHOLE THING EITHER AS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO GREINER, OR THE COUNTY COULD CONTACT SOMEONE LOCAL TO HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL BORINGS TAKEN. HE ADDED THAT LITTLE OR ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICE MAY NOT BE NECESSARY, AND THEY WOULD UTILIZE EXISTING SURVEYS AS THIS WOULD BE AN ECONOMY MEASURE. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS ADVISED THAT MID -SOUTH ENGINEERING HAS TURNED OVER THE MYLARS TO THE COUNTY. HE STATED THAT ENVIRON- MENTALLY, THE COUNTY IS IN THE ORLANDO DISTRICT AND ASKED IF HIS FIRM HAS HANDLED ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS THROUGH THE ORLANDO OFFICES, AND MR. HENDERSON ANSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY. COMMISSIONER LAY ASKED HOW LONG BEFORE THEY COULD BE READY TO GO TO BID IN THIS PROJECT. MR. HENDERSON FELT THE FINAL PLANS COULD BE COMPLETED THE FIRST OF APRIL, 19801 AND PROBABLY IN MAY THEY WOULD RECEIVE. BIDS. HE ADDED THAT PERMITTING IS AN UNCERTAINTY, BUT THEY HAVE GOTTEN.ALONG WITH THE PERMITTING ON THE MAIN CANAL. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE NEW RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THIS WOULD CALL FOR NEW RIGHT-OF-WAY MAPS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED ABOUT THEIR PAYMENT STRUCTURE. DEC 121979 5 max 42 Put