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LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT <br />BLINKING CAUTION LIGHTS COULD BE ERECTED, AND THAT IT MIGHT BE <br />WORTH CONSIDERING HAVING THE INTERSECTION AT CITRUS ROAD AND 27TH <br />AVENUE STUDIED AT THE SAME TIME. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, INTERESTED CITIZEN, APPROACHED THE BOARD <br />AND FELT THE BOARD SHOULD BE FORCEFUL WITH DOT IN)PURSUING THIS <br />MATTER. HE FELT THE DOT SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE DEATH COUNT AT THAT <br />LOCATION, RATHER THAT JUST A TRAFFIC COUNT. <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON FELT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE COUNTY <br />WOULD PAY.FOR THE SIGNALIZATION AT THAT INTERSECTION, IF THE STATE <br />DIDNIT HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT. <br />MORE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ALONG THOSE LINES. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />BIRD, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ADMINISTRATOR TO CONTACT <br />DOT ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION FOR SIGNALIZATION <br />AT 8TH STREET (G:LENDALE) AND 27TH AVENUE, AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />BE AUTHORIZED TO IMMEDIATELY INSTALL ALL ALLOWABLE WARNINGS ON THE <br />COUNTY PORTION OF GLENDALE ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE INTER- <br />SECTION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE RUMBLE STRIPS AND CAUTION SIGNALS AS THE <br />INTERSECTION IS BEING APPROACHED. <br />BILL LOCKE, 27TH AVENUE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED <br />THAT HE HAS SEEN MANY PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HIS HOME MANGLED, BLEEDING, <br />A14D DYING AS A RESULT OF THE MANY ACCIDENTS AT THE INTERSECTION. <br />HE URGED THE BOARD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AS NOBODY LIKES TO SEE <br />CHILDREN BLEEDING. <br />THE BOARD ASSURED EVERYONE THAT IMMEDIATE STEPS WERE BEING <br />TAKEN. <br />PROCLAMATION - NATFONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER rLETCHER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PROCLAMATION <br />DESIGNATING THE WEEK BEGINNING JUNE 7, 1981 As NATIONAL SAFE BOATING <br />WEEK IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />JUN 31981 39 gooK 46 PAGE609 <br />