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MR. BUCHANAN FELT A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE <br />PROPOSED EXTENSION, SUCH AS RESIDENTS OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES; VISTA <br />ROYALE; THE FINGERS AREA; AND 6TH AVENUE, AS WELL AS FOR THE STUDENTS <br />FROM BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY AND ST. EDWARDS SCHOOL. HE DID NOT FEEL <br />A ROUTE THROUGH THE VERO BEACH COUNTRY CLUB AREA WAS FEASIBLE - IT <br />WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS WITH GOLF CARTS CROSSING THE ROAD. MR. BUCHANAN <br />SUMMARIZED THAT THIS ROAD WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE FASTER RUNS TO THE <br />HOSPITAL. HE URGED THE BOARD TO MOVE AHEAD BECAUSE IF IT IS DELAYED <br />ANY LONGER, THE PRICE OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD GO UP. <br />MAYOR GOFF STATED THAT THE CRITICAL TIME WAS FOR THE <br />AMBULANCE TO GET TO THE PATIENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND MR, <br />BUCHANAN AGREED. <br />ON MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GREGG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN <br />COCHRANE, THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO EXTEND THE TIME OF <br />THE MEETING UNTIL CHAIRMAN LYONS CALLED THE MEETING TO A CLOSE. <br />.JAMES S. HAEGER, BIOLOGIST FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, <br />DISTRIBUTED SOME MATERIAL WRITTEN BY GRANT GILMORE REGARDING THE <br />ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA OF THE PROJECT, <br />ERRE J. HAFFIELD, LOCAL CITIZEN, EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT <br />THE HIGH WATER THAT COULD OCCUR IN THIS AREA. <br />MR. GHIOTO NOTED THE HIGH WATER COULD OCCUR FROM A HURRICANE <br />SURGE, FLOODING FROM THE MAIN CANAL, AS WELL AS FROM RAINFALL. <br />RICH VOTAPKA, CIVIL ENGINEER, SPOKE ON HIS OWN BEHALF AND <br />ADDRESSED THE DRAINAGE IN COUNTRY CLUB POINTE. HE FELT THE SUBDIVISION <br />WOULD FLOOD BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS BUILT BY THE DEVELOPER AND <br />WOULD FLOOD REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ROAD WAS BUILT. HE <br />THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A `BUYER BEWARE" SITUATION IN THAT SUBDIVISION. <br />MR. VOTAPKA REITERATED THAT COUNTRY CLUB POINTE HAPPENED TO BE IN A <br />VERY LOW AREA. HE THEN ADDRESSED THE INTENSITY OF STORMS AND <br />WONDERED WHAT INTENSITY THE ENGINEERS WERE GOING TO PICK FOR THE DESIGN. <br />MR. VOTAPKA SPOKE ABOUT THE JOHNSTOWN FrOOD WHERE THE INTENSITY OF <br />THE STORM WENT BEYOND THE DESIGN CAPABILITY. <br />S f' <br />25 <br />HE THEN GAVE VARIOUS <br />ma 147 PAGE 444 <br />