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DEC 3 1980 aooK 45 . PArE 354 <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AT <br />12:00 NOON FOR LUNCH AND RECONVENED AT 1:40 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE <br />SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. DEPUTY CLERK VIRGINIA HARGREAVES TOOK OVER <br />FROM DEPUTY CLERK JANICE CALDWELL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. <br />PROPOSAL BY TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL RE BARRIER <br />ISLAND STUDY (CONTINUED FROM MORNING SESSION) <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD ALLUDED TO THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, WHICH <br />HE HAD REVIEWED DURING THE LUNCH HOUR, AND ASKED THAT MR. SHANNON <br />CLARIFY A POINT IN REGARD TO HOW THEY WOULD GO ABOUT LOOKING DOWN <br />THE ROAD AT WHICH FACILITIES AND UTILITIES MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN <br />THE FUTURE. <br />MR. SHANNON STATED IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LAST <br />MEETING THAT THEY WOULD ONLY LOOK AT FUTURE POTENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE <br />DELIVERY TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WAS CURRENTLY ADOPTED IN SOME KIND <br />OF OFFICIAL POLICY POSITION, I.E., THE 201 PLAN. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IN REGARD TO WATER WHETHER THE <br />ABILITY OF DEVELOPMENTS TO PUT IN THEIR OWN PLANTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED. <br />MR. SHANNON STATED THEY WOULD CONSIDER A COMBINATION OF <br />THINGS - THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, <br />THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, AND THE PRACTICALITY OF DELIVERING <br />WATER. THEY ALSO .WOULD HAVE TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A <br />POLICY OR IF ANY IS BEING CONSIDERED, AND IF NOT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO <br />LOOK AND SEE WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR WITHOUT EXPANSION <br />OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. HE CONTINUED THAT THE INTENT WAS NOT TO GO <br />OUT AND SAY THAT THE ISLAND PHYSICALLY COULD HANDLE "X" AMOUNT OF <br />DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS WAS THE SCOPE <br />THAT WAS PREPARED, THAT THEY WOULD DETERMINE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERA- <br />TION EXISTING COMMITMENTS AND EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT KIND OF <br />CONSTRAINT SHOULD BE PUT ON THE ISLAND RELATED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT <br />UNTIL PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES, I.E., A NEW BRIDGE IS BUILT, THE HIGHWAY <br />IS FOUR-LANED, ETC. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, IF THE <br />COUNTY COMMISSION DECIDED TO PUSH FORWARD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A <br />PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR WATER, THEN THERE WOULD BE A NEW <br />22 <br />