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