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TOM LOCKWOOD, RESIDENT OF VERO BEACH, TOLD THE BOARD THAT HIS COMPANY HAD THREE MINING PERMITS: GRAVE.S BROTHERS, MR. CHATHAM, AND HOBART BROTHERS. HE FELT THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER THE LENGTH OF TIME IT HAS TAKEN TODAY TO REVIEW THE 24 PAGES OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS AN INDICATION OF THE AMOUNT OF DETAILS INVOLVED, AS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE OF ONLY TWO PAGES. MR. LOCKWOOD SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED MINING ORDINANCE. HE FELT IT WAS A VERY COMPLICATED PROCEDURE PLUS THE COST HAD NOT YET BEEN ADDRESSED. MR, LOCKWOOD WONDERED IF THEY WERE REALLY CORRECTING OR CREATING A PROBLEM AND FELT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT A WORKSHOP MEETING. COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CERTIFIED ENGINEER GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND ESTABLISH WHAT IT WOULD COST. MR. LOCKWOOD INTERJECTED THAT THE COMMITTEE WORKED LONG AND HARD ON THIS PROJECT AND IT HAD TAKEN A GREAT DEAL OF TIME,_BUT HE DID NOT THINK THE JOB WAS FINISHED YET. HE REITERATED THAT SOMEONE SHOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ONE TIME AS AN EXERCISE TO SEE IF IT WOULD WORK, WILLIAM KOOLAGE, INTERESTED CITIZEN, EXPRESSED HIS DIS- APPOINTMENT, AND COMMENTED THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN A WORKSHOP WHERE ALL THE DETAILS COULD HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY THE BOARD. HE ADDED THAT THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE DIGESTED AND THEN ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE HELD AFTER THE DETAILS ARE FULLY UNDERSTOOD. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE BOARD DECIDED, AFTER QUITE A LENGTHY AND DETAILED DISCUSSION, THAT A WORKSHOP WAS NECESSARY BEFORE REACHING A DECISION, AND THAT MANY REVISIONS TO THE MINING ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE, SUCH AS: JUN 3 7981 55 Boa 46 PAGE 625