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MAR 111981 Wx 46 PAGE 14 <br />ST. LUCIE COUNTY MASTER PLAN <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS EXPRESSED A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN ABOUT <br />THE.ST. LUCIE COUNTY MASTER PLAN REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE <br />ABILITY TO EVACUATE THEIR LARGE POPULATION SHOULD AN EMERGENCY OCCUR. <br />HE FELT THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WOULD END UP HAVING TO EVACUATE <br />THEIR PEOPLE OVER THE 17TH STREET BRIDGE, THUS CREATING A PROBLEM <br />IN OUR COUNTY. THE CHAIRMAN FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD OFFICIALLY TAKE <br />A STAND ON THE MATTER. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, THAT THE BOARD DIRECT OUR REPRESENTATIVE AT <br />THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO REQUEST ST. LUCIE COUNTY NOT TO <br />DEVELOP DENSITIES GREATER THAN THE ABILITY TO HANDLE THEIR TRAFFIC <br />OFF THE ISLAND. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A RESOLUTION <br />WOULD BE A MORE EFFECTIVE AND APPROPRIATE FORM TO USE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK WITHDREW HIS MOTION, AND COMMISSIONER <br />FLETCHER WITHDREW HIS SECOND. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />FLETCHER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION 81-15, WHICH <br />THE ATTORNEY WILL PREPARE AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING <br />FOR APPROVAL CONCERNING THE DENSITY PROBLEM IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE FINANCING OF RENTAL <br />HOUSING AND FELT THAT WITH THE GREAT SHORTAGE OF RENTAL HOUSING IN <br />THE COUNTY, IT COULD FILL A NEED. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROGRAM MIGHT BE IN <br />CONFLICT WITH ANY PROGRAM OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS, AND IT WAS <br />DETERMINED THE BOARD WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION IN THIS REGARD. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS SUGGESTED THAT THE BOARD REMAND THIS MATTER <br />TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ASK THEM TO PREPARE A REPORT AND A <br />RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. <br />14 <br />