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THE CHAIRMAN REQUESTED THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SUBMIT NAMES <br />TO APPOINT TO THE PROPOSED COMMITTEE AND NOTED THAT THE RESOLUTION <br />CREATING A PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE SUBMITTED IN <br />FINAL FORM FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING, <br />APPROVAL OF LETTER IN SUPPORT OF RADAR EQUIPMENT AT VERO BEACH <br />AIRPORT <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM <br />VERO BEACH MAYOR DOFF STATING THAT THE CITY IS WRITING SENATORS CHILES <br />AND HAWKINS IN REGARD TO THE NEED FOR RADAR EQUIPMENT FOR THE VERO <br />BEACH AIRPORT, BOTH BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM OF DRUG DROPS AT SECLUDED <br />AIRFIELDS IN THE COUNTY AND FOR SAFETY PURPOSES BECAUSE OF THE LARGE <br />NUMBER OF PLANES IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT DAILY. MAYOR DOFF IS <br />REQUESTING THAT THE COUNTY WRITE A LETTER SUPPORTING THE NEED FOR <br />THIS EQUIPMENT. THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THIS WAS VERY <br />WORTHWHILE, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOARD PERMISSION TO WRITE SUCH <br />A LETTER. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONCURRED THAT RADAR WOULD BE A WORTHWHILE <br />ACQUISITION. HE COMMENTED THAT RADAR HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR THE AIRPORT <br />FOR SOME TIME, AND IT IS A QUESTION OF FUNDING. HE FELT THEY CERTAINLY <br />QUALIFY AS FAR AS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC DUE TO THE MANY STUDENT PILOTS WHO <br />MAKE DAILY USE OF THE AIRPORT, AND IT WOULD BE OF GREAT ASSISTANCE TO <br />THE FLYERS, <br />IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THAT THE CHAIRMAN WOULD <br />WRITE A LETTER AS REQUESTED, <br />DISCISSION RE COUNTY USE OF CHEMICALS <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER REPORTED THAT HE, COMMISSIONER BIRD <br />AND ADMINISTRATOR NELSON, ATTENDED THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING HELD BY <br />THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN REGARDING THE USE OF THE CHEMICAL 2,4D, AND IT <br />WAS STATED THAT IF IT IS .APPLIED PROPERLY, IT IS ,SAFE. HE NOTED <br />THAT HE IS CONTINUING TO DO RESEARCH ON THIS CHEMICAL AND WOULD RE- <br />QUEST, WITH THE BAORD'S APPROVAL, THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR HONOR THE <br />REQUEST OF ANY RESIDENT WHOSE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO ANY DITCHES <br />WHERE CHEMICALS ARE BEING APPLIED, TO HAVE THESE DITCHES EITHER SPRAYED <br />OR NOT SPRAYED. <br />FEB 25 1981 78 BODK, 5 PAGE �18 <br />