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DEC 31990 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: aoaK 45PAGE 060 November 21, 1980 Board of County Commissioners County Administrator 20th Avenue & 16th Street Improvements ENCLOSURES: #1 - School Superintendent Burns' Letter Dated 9-23-80 Identifying Safety Hazard at 16th Street & 20th Avenue #2 - Board's Action to alleviate Hazardous Conditions #3 - Cost Estimate for Bridge Construction #4 - Asst. Administrator's Memo of 11-21-80 Enclosure 1 identifies a safety hazard at 16th Street and 20th Avenue. Enclosure 2 was action the County took to alleviate the condition. The condition could be better improved if a walk bridge is constructed at the south side of 16th spanning the canal. This would provide a link up with the bike path in that area. The cost of the bridge is estimated at $3,434.26. See Enclosure 3. In addition to this bridge, a pedestrian sidewalk needs to be constructed on the north side of 16th from 20th Avenue to the bike path. The cost of this addition is esitmated to be $3,150.00. See Enclosure 4. It is recommended that: 1. A walk bridge be constructed spanning the canal on the south side of 16th Street & 20th Avenue. 2. A sidewalk be constructed on the north and south side of 16th Street. 3. $6,584.26 be allocated from MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, TO ACCEPT THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK FELT THIS IS A GOOD PROPOSAL, BUT SUGGESTED WE TOUCH BASE WITH DR. BURNS AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AGREEABLE TO THEM. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON REPORTED THAT DR. BURNS WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND FELT IT WOULD BE A SOLUTION TO THE SITUA- TION. HE NOTED THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD THE EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED BY THE CITY PLAN. 28