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MAR 111981 <br />aoox <br />6. PACE <br />2 <br />REBATE 10% OF THE COST TO THEM EACH YEAR; <br />THE MONTHLY COSTS <br />WOULD <br />BE THE SAME AS IF THE COUNTY HAD MADE THE REQUEST OR ABOUT $5.50-$6.00, <br />AND THE INSTALLATION COST PROBABLY WOULD BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF <br />$100—$120. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE ARE <br />SOME RESIDENTS OF BREEZY VILLAGE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, <br />AND HE POINTED OUT THAT THE REQUESTED LIGHT DOES NOT DIRECTLY BENEFIT <br />THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY LIVE OVER A MILE AWAY; THEY ARE CONCERNED <br />WITH LIGHTING A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. <br />.JOSEPH VERDI OF BREEZY VILLAGE SPOKE OF THE NEED TO LIGHT <br />THIS INTERSECTION BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF RETIRED AND ELDERLY <br />PEOPLE IN THE MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THE AREA AND THE DIFFICULTY•OF <br />IDENTIFYING THE INTERSECTION AT NIGHT, WHICH CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS <br />SITUATION ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. HE FELT THE RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE <br />TO PAY FOR THIS LIGHT BECAUSE THEY GET HARDLY ANY SERVICES FOR THE <br />TAXES THEY ARE PAYING NOW. IN ADDITION, HE NOTED THAT THIS INTER- <br />SECTION IS A SCHOOL BUS STOP, AND HE FELT IT WOULD BE WELL WORTH THE <br />MINIMAL YEARLY CHARGES AOR ABOUT $60.00) TO SAVE A LIFE. MRS. VERDI <br />NEXT TOOK THE FLOOR AND SPOKE OF THE DANGERS CREATED BY THE DARKNESS <br />OF VICKERS ROAD, <br />IT WAS AGAIN EXPLAINED THAT -THE BOARD.HAS HAD_SIMILAR <br />REQUESTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DENIED. THIS IS NOT A SITUATION OF SINGLING <br />OUT AN AREA; IT RELATES TO COUNTY POLICY. <br />JOHN JONES, ALSO OF BREEZY VILLAGE, NOTED THAT THIS IS THE <br />FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER ASKED THE COUNTY TO DO ANYTHING ALTHOUGH <br />THEY PAY TAXES AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN ROADS. HE EMPHASIZED THIS <br />LIGHT IS NOT ONLY FOR BREEZY VILLAGE BUT FOR THOSE IN THE AREA WHO <br />HAVE CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL EARLY WHEN IT IS STILL DARK. HE ALSO <br />SPOKE OF THE DANGERS OF OVERSHOOTING THIS TURN IN THE DARK, AND FELT <br />THAT AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A LIGHT AT THIS CORNER. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO SOLVING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS <br />BY REFLECTOR SIGNS AND BETTER IDENTIFICATION SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION, <br />