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JUL 3 01980 Booz 44 SPE IOO COPY OF THE 10 YEAR MASTER PLAN FOR ACCELERATING THE SOIL SURVEY OF FLORIDA IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK.'"` MR. CARTER THEN GAVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THIS PLAN AND URGED THE BOARDS CONSIDERATION AND PARTICIPATION IN SUCH A PLAN. HE THEN INTRODUCED BILL BONE AND SAM MCCOLLUM. SUBJECT. MR. BONE GAVE A SHORT SLIDE PRESENTATION REGARDING THIS MR. CARTER COMMENTED THAT THE SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT WAS HOPEFUL OF THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION, AS INDIAN RIVER IS THE ONLY COUNTY ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA, FROM NASSAU TO DADE, THAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS MAP - EVEN THE COUNTIES TO THE WEST HAVE BEEN MAPPED. HE ADDED THAT THERE WOULD BE MANY BENEFITS FROM THIS MAP, AND IT SHOULD. BE THE MOST BASIC TOOL IN DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. MR, CARTER ADVISED THAT THE COST WOULD BE ON A THREE- WAY SPLIT BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES, AND WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $225,000. IN OTHER WORDS, THE COUNTY WOULD BE RESPON- SIBLE FOR ONE-THIRD, OR $75,000, OVER A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS; OR $18,750 A YEAR, OR 8� AN ACRE OVER THE 4 YEAR PERIOD. HE CONTINUED THAT FURNISHING OFFICE SPACE FOR THE SURVEYING TEAM COULD BE DONE AS AN IM -KIND SERVICE. MR. CARTER STRESSED THAT SOIL SURVEY INFORMATION IS SOMETIMES NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN CERTAIN TYPES OF FUNDING. HE ADDED THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, AND ONCE THE SURVEY IS COMPLETED, THEY WOULD SPONSOR A SEMINAR FOR THE PROPER USE OF SUCH DATA. MR. MCCOLLUM STRESSED THAT HAVING A SOIL SURVEY WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL AND THE COUNTY SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HAVING IT DONE. HE FELT IT IS MUCH CHEAPER TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE IN THE BEGINNING OF A PROJECT, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TRY TO CORRECT A PARTICULAR SOIL PROBLEM LATER. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT WHERE THE SURVEY WOULD START AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE MOST INTENSE PRESSURE, AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT WAS CONCERNED, WAS ON THE EAST ONE-THIRD OF THE COUNTY.