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NOV. 19 19 80 803. 45 PAGE 269 <br />QUALITY OF THE BARRIER ISLAND WHEN THE STUDY IS COMPLETE. <br />HE FELT <br />THIS STUDY REALLY WOULD BE A GOOD SUPPLEMENT FOR THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS BARRIER <br />ISLAND STUDY WOULD BE LIMITED TO CERTAIN ASPECTS, AND IT WAS DETERMINED <br />THAT THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WOULD PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE <br />TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WOULD DO THE KIND OF STUDY THE BOARD WANTS. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INTERJECTED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE <br />THE BARRIER ISLAND COULD RELY ON WELL FIELDS AND WATER AVAILABILITY; <br />EVENTUALLY THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THE MAINLAND. HE ALSO <br />EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HAVING PACKAGE PLANTS THAT DO NOT FUNCTION <br />PROPERLY AFTER THE DEVELOPER LEAVES THE AREA, AND THEN THE LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENT -HAS TO PICK UP THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SERVICE. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER COMMENTED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THERE <br />IS ANYONE LIVING ON THE BARRIER ISLAND TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE <br />A -1-A BECOME A FOUR LANE ROAD, AND IF THIS STUDY HELPS JUSTIFY THAT, <br />HE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS STUDY WOULD PROVIDE <br />AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE TRAFFIC SITUATION, AND MR. SHANNON ADVISED THAT <br />WAS THE INTENT. <br />JOHN MORRISON, REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, <br />COMMENTED ON THE GRAPHIC PREPARED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THAT <br />IT APPEARED WE SHOULD GO WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR THE <br />BARRIER ISLAND STUDY. HE FELT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN SADLY DELINQUENT <br />IN THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT <br />THE BACKWARDS WAY THE COUNTY WAS GOING ABOUT IT. MR. MORRISON STATED <br />THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES ARE GREATLY <br />CONCERNED ABOUT THE DETERIORATION OF THE ENTIRE BARRIER ISLAND, AND <br />BELIEVED THE TOWN WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO PARTICIPATING IN THE COST OF <br />THIS BARRIER ISLAND STUDY. HE STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL DOING THIS STUDY AND UTILIZING THE DATA THAT THE CORPS OF <br />ENGINEERS HAS PROVIDED - THIS COULD CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THE COST. <br />MR. MORRISON FELT THE COUNTY OWED IT TO THIS AREA TO SPEND CONSIDERABLY <br />MORE THAN $45,000 TO MAINTAIN THE DESIRABILITY OF WHAT THEY ALREADY <br />HAVE. <br />24 <br />