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ROor PAF 6`,4 <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING THE REPEATED DAILY IMPACT OF <br />BRIDGES USED FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OF A MINING SITE; ALSO OF WAYS <br />TO PROTECT THE COUNTY FROM OVER -LOADING THE BRIDGES. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHED <br />TO BE HEARD. <br />DONALD S. VICKERS, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, CAME BEFORE THE <br />BOARD AND READ THE FOLLOWING LETTER: <br />Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County <br />Aero Beach, Florida <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />My name is Donald S. Vickers, president of DARL Investment Company <br />P. 0. Box 184, Sebastian, Fl. 32958. DARL Investment Company holds <br />a current mining permit in Indian River County, and is actively <br />involved in the sand business. I am here to protest the adoption <br />of the proposed mining ordinance at this public hearing. <br />In my opinion, the existing mining ordinance is adequate to prevent <br />unregulated mining operations, and ensure reasonable reclamation of <br />mined areas. <br />The proposed ordinance will be costly to establish, difficult to <br />enforce, cause unreasonable delays on permit applications, increase <br />the cost of fill dirt, and divert future mining activity to adjoining <br />counties. <br />Mining operations are limited to lands zoned agricultural, and in <br />many cases mining may well be the only profitable use of this land. <br />Any reclamation project involving a residential or commercial <br />development will depend on a doubtful request for a zoning change, <br />and will be in direct conflict with the comprehensive land use plan <br />now being considered. <br />The existing mining ordinance is adequate and we desperately need less <br />regulation of private industry by governmental agencies anxious to <br />protect us from our -selves. <br />