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I <br />BOOK 42 PAG£ 350 <br />COUNTY. HE STATED THAT THERE ARE THREE ALTERNATIVES FOR CROSSING THE <br />TURNPIKE. THE PREVIOUS MODIFICATION AFFECTED A CITRUS GROVE OWNED <br />BY THE BARNES. MR. FAIR STATED THAT ONE ALTERNATE WAS NOT FEASIBLE <br />BECAUSE IT HAD POOR ACCESS AND THE LAND WAS TOO LOW; ALSO THE LAND WAS <br />RESERVED FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE CANAL. ANOTHER ALTERNATE WAS TO CROSS <br />TO THE CORNER OF MR. BARNES' GROVE AND CONTINUE PARALLEL TO THE <br />TURNPIKE, AND THE OTHER WAS TO CROSS ON A SHALLOWER ANGLE. THE FIRST <br />ALTERNATE BY MR. BARNES' GROVE CALLED FOR AN 1800' SPAN; THE SECOND <br />AVOIDS THE GROVE ENTIRELY AND AVOIDS THE ST. JOHN'S DRAINAGE DITCH. <br />THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM WITH CLEARANCE OF A POSSIBLE FUTURE CANAL SYSTEM, <br />AND FP&L INDICATED THAT THEY COULD GIVE A MAXIMUM OF 75-80' CLEARANCE, <br />WHICH APPARENTLY SATISFIED THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT CRITERIA. THIS <br />ALTERNATE IS A 1650' SPAN INSTEAD OF 1800', AND MR. FAIR BELIEVED IT <br />PRESENTS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT. HE REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD MAKE <br />A DETERMINATION THAT THIS IS NOT A SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION, AND FP&L <br />WOULD BE GLAD TO TIE THEMSELVES DOWN TO THIS PARTICULAR ALTERNATE, WHICH <br />ST. LUCIE COUNTY HAS ACCEPTED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THIS ALSO ELIMINATES CROSSING <br />THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT PROPERTY TWICE AND REALLY ONLY AFFECTS THE EDGE <br />OF THEIR DISTRICT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS DONE CON- <br />SIDERABLE RESEARCH AND IS IN A POSITION TO RECOMMEND TO THIS BOARD <br />THAT THEY FIND THE NEW ALIGNMENT DOES NOT, IN FACT, CONSTITUTE A <br />SUBSTANTIAL DEVIATION; THEY, THEREFORE, COULD THEN MODIFY THE PRIOR <br />RESOLUTION AND FINDING OF FACT AND ORDER WITHOUT ADDITIONAL NOTICE. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED ON HOW TO DESCRIBE WHERE THE LINE WILL <br />ENTER INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />MR. FAIR FELT -THEY COULD BE DIRECTED TO ENTER THE COUNTY <br />AT THE SE QUARTER OF SECTION 31. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION N0. 79-119 AMENDING <br />RESOLUTION 79-26, STATING THAT IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT THE MODIFIED <br />ROUTE AS PRESENTED TODAY BY FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT, WHICH ENTERS INDIAN <br />- 45 = _ <br />