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BOULEVARD EXTENDING NORTHWARD PAST BARBER AVENUE AND CHAIRMAN LYONS <br />NOTED THAT WHILE IT COULD GO FURTHER NORTH, IT CANNOT GO ANY FURTHER <br />TO THE EAST. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE BELIEVED INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD WILL <br />EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO U.S. 1 TO THE NORTH OF BARBER AVENUE AND WILL <br />BECOME AN IMPORTANT ARTERY. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THAT HIS POINT IS THAT TO HIM <br />THE PRIMARY USE AND RESULT OF THE PROPOSED EXTENSION WILL BE FOR THE <br />EXPANSION OF FURTHER LAND DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND HE BELIEVED <br />THE COST SHOULD BE BORNE BY THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BENEFIT, NOT THE <br />TAXPAYER. TO USE THE HOSPITAL AS THE EXCUSE FOR THE ROAD WAS NOT <br />PALATABLE TO HIM. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK COMMENTED THAT IT SEEMS THE BOTTOM <br />LINE IS THAT WE SEE THIS EXTENSION AS AN EXPANSION OF OUR TRAFFIC <br />SYSTEM, AND MAYBE TO HAVE ANOTHER MAJOR TRAFFIC ARTERY IS FINE, BU: <br />THAT IS NOT WHAT HE HAS BEEN HEARING AND IT IS NOT STATED IN THE <br />REPORT. <br />CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO WHETHER THE BOARD <br />IS ACTUALLY APPROVING THE REPORT OR SIMPLY ACCEPTING IT. ENGINEER <br />DAVIS NOTED THAT THE ACTUAL STATEMENT IS THAT THE DER WILL NEED <br />LOCAL APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED <br />OUT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE APPROVED THE PROJECT; HE STATED THAT HIS <br />MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE BIOLOGICAL REPORT AS READ INTO THE MINUTES, <br />AND COMMISSIONER BIRD AGREED. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND <br />CARRIED 3 TO 2 WITH COMMISSIONERS FLETCHER AND SCURLOCK VOTING IN <br />OPPOSITION. <br />ANN ROBINSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE.IS SPOKESWOMAN <br />FOR THE AUDUBON SOCIETY, AND HAD WISHED TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER <br />BECAUSE THE AUDUBON SOCIETY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO SEE THE BOARD <br />RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ALTERNATIVE OF USING AN ADJUSTABLE WEIR <br />INSTEAD OF A FLAP GATE,AS RECOMMENDED BY THE FISH & WILDLIFE COMMIS- <br />SION. SHE FELT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE BOARD TO BE PUT IN THE <br />POSITION OF APPROVING AN ENTIRE REPORT AT THE LAST MINUTE, AND SHE <br />OBJECTED TO THE BOARD BEING ASKED TO GIVE BLANKET APPROVAL TO A <br />REPORT THAT NONE OF THEM HAD EVEN SEEN. <br />45 <br />eoo 46 PAGE 867 <br />