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BARRIER ISLAND STUDY, WHICH STATES THAT THE ISLAND'S TRAFFIC IS <br />CONCENTRATED WITHIN A 6 MILE STRIP BETWEEN .JOHN'S ISLAND ON THE <br />NORTH AND THE MOORINGS ON THE SOUTH AND PREDICTS THAT TRAFFIC WILL <br />NOT BEGIN TO APPROACH CAPACITY FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES UNTIL SOME <br />TIME IN THE DISTANT FUTURE. MR. HEALEY STATED THAT SINGLE FAMILY <br />GENERATES MORE TRAFFIC THAN MULTI -FAMILY, AND HE BELIEVED THAT ONLY <br />A 39% USE OF CAPACITY COULD BE ANTICIPATED IN THIS AREA. HE REFUTED <br />THE "DOMINO EFFECT" THEORY, NOTING THAT THE BOARD HAS THE CONTROLS <br />TO PREVENT THIS. <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON ADDED THAT THE BARRIER ISLAND STUDY <br />ALSO SHOWS THAT THE IMPACT OF MULTI -FAMILY ON SEWER AND WATER IS LESS <br />THAN SINGLE FAMILY AND ASKED MR, TFSSIER OF GERAGHTY & MILLER TO <br />ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING WATER. <br />MR, TESSIER REPORTED THAT WATER RESOURCE INVESTIGATIONS IN <br />THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY HAVE NOT BEEN UNDERTAKEN RECENTLY. IN ABOUT <br />1953 THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RAN A TEST OF A WELL IN THIS GENERAL <br />VICINITY WHERE IT FLOWED AT 500 GALLONS PER MINUTE; THE WATER WAS NOT <br />POTABLE WITHOUT TREATMENT, BUT WAS SUITABLE FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS, A <br />REPORT WAS PREPARED IN 1969 FOR .JOHN'S ISLAND GOLF COURSE WATER, WHICH <br />SHOWED THAT THE QUALITY OF THE SHALLOW AQUIFER WAS QUITE VARIABLE DOWN <br />TO ZO'. MR. TESSIER FELT THE BEST UTILITY SYSTEM WOULD BE TO USE THE <br />FLORIDAN AQUIFER WITH REVERSE OSMOSIS. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ASKED IF THERE IS ANY WATER AVAILABLE <br />NORTH OF THE WINTER BEACH BRIDGE BELOW 400' THAT CAN BE USED FOR <br />HUMAN CONSUMPTION WITHOUT TREATMENT, AND MR. TESSIER FELT THERE IS <br />A BIG BUBBLE CENTERED AROUND THE SEBASTIAN BRIDGE AREA THAT CAN BE <br />USED WITHOUT TREATMENT BUT HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT EXTENDS TO THE MORE <br />NORTHERN AREA. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />ARDEN CRAWFORD TOOK THE FLOOR REPRESENTING THE VERO BEACH <br />CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND STATED THAT THEIR PROPOSED MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDS <br />L-1 FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY, OR 3 UNITS TO THE ACRE. <br />THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO CLUSTER HOUSING - THE ISSUE IS <br />