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MR. RODIS CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND DISPLAYED SEVERAL VIEW <br />GRAPHS TO ILLUSTRATE TO THE BOARD WHY THE SHALLOW AQUIFER WAS SO <br />IMPORTANT TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. HE REPORTED THAT THE FLORIDAN <br />AQUIFER WAS MOSTLY SALTY AND THAT THE WATER MOVES ONLY A FEW INCHES <br />A YEAR IN THE AQUIFER. MR. RODIS POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE STANDARD <br />WAYS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WATER YOU HAVE IS THAT YOU HAVE 40' OF FRESH <br />WATER BENEATH EVERY 1' OF SEA LEVEL, AND AFTER THE RAINY SEASON THERE <br />IS USUALLY A RISE OF 3' OR 4' IN THE WATER TABLE. MR. RODIS STRESSED <br />THAT FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY'S LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY, THE SHALLOW <br />AQUIFER SHOULD BE MAINTAINED TO PREVENT INTRUSION OF SALT WATER. HE <br />ADDED THAT THE BIGGEST ROBBER THE WATER TABLE HAS IS NATURE ITSELF <br />BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS ROOT SYSTEMS, <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER COMMENTED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER <br />TO LEAVE THE LAND IN ITS NATURAL STATE BECAUSE WHEN YOU START DIGGING <br />PONDS AND LAKES, MORE OF OUR WATER IS LOST BY EVAPORATION, AND MR, <br />RODIS AGREED. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS THEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD <br />BE CONTINUED UNTIL 1:45 P.M. <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RECESSED FOR LUNCH AT <br />12:00 NOON AND RECONVENED AT 1:45 P.fl. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD INQUIRED WHAT THE BASIC DIFFERENCES WERE <br />BETWEEN THE OLD MINING ORDINANCE AND THE ONE BEING PROPOSED. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER POINTED OUT THAT PREVIOUSLY THERE <br />WAS NO CONTROL OF THE MINING DEPTH, IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THERE <br />WILL BE STANDARDIZED CONTROL, THE PROCEDURES WILL BE SPELLED OUT MORE <br />SPECIFICALLY, THERE WILL BE A MORE DEFINED RECLAMATION PROGRAM, <br />PROTECTION OF THE WATER TABLE, AND MINING OPERATIONS WOULD BE MORE <br />SPECIFIC IN CONNECTION WITH DEVELOPMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD INQUIRED IF THERE WAS A COST ANALYSIS <br />PERFORMED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE COSTS WOULD BE TO A PROSPECTIVE. MINER. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO COST <br />ANALYSIS DONE - MERELY A REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROCEDURES. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING LAND MINING AND THE <br />VARIOUS DEFINITIONS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. <br />JUN 31991 53 BOOK 46 PAcE 6?3 <br />