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WILLIAM J. STEWART, ATTORNEY FOR THE INDIAN RIVER MEMORIAL <br />HOSPITAL, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO <br />GET INTO A DEBATE REGARDING PRIORITIES AND HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT BOTH <br />PROJECTS COULD MOVE FORWARD. HE THEN RELATED THAT OUT OF 17:000 <br />EMERGENCY VISITS TO THE HOSPITAL, ONLY 3,300 WERE BROUGHT BY AMBULANCE. <br />HE THEN ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THAT THESE UNTRAINED, NON- <br />PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WERE DRIVING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS TRYING TO <br />GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN A HURRY. ATTORNEY STEWART ALSO POINTED OUT <br />THAT WITH 800 EMPLOYEES AND 500 VISITS A DAY AND OVER 100 PHYSICIANS <br />MAKING TWO ROUNDS A DAY, THE HOSPITAL GENERATES A GREAT DEAL OF TRAFFIC <br />THE ROAD WAS NEEDED. HE ADDED THAT THE HOSPITAL HAD INVESTED A GREAT <br />DEAL OF TIME AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS DONATED FOR BARBER AVENUE. FGA: <br />THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY AND THE HOSPITAL, HE URGED THAT THE <br />ROAD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. <br />STUART CAMPBELL WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN HIS NAME WAS CALLED. <br />DR. HUGH MCCRYSTAL, 511 BAY DRIVE, APPROACHED THE BOARD <br />REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND SEVERAL GROUPS: HE IS A <br />BEACH RESIDENT, HAS AN OFFICE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HOSPITAL, <br />IS ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AT THE HOSPITAL, AND WAS A RESIDENT OF <br />COUNTRY CLUB POINTE FOR FOUR YEARS. DR. MCCRYSTAL STATED THAT COUNTRY <br />CLUB POINTE WAS A LOW AREA WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, AND HE DID NOT BUY <br />A HOUSE THERE BECAUSE OF THAT FACT. HE WAS APPALLED AT THE COMPARISON <br />MADE OF THE ROAD PRIORITIES AND WHAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT: DANGER OF <br />A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT GETTING HURT IN TRAFFIC ON 16TH STREET, OR A <br />64 YEAR OLD MAN DYING WITH A HEART ATTACK, DR. MCCRYSTAL THOUGHT <br />PEOPLE SHOULD FORGET THE POLARIZATION OF ONE ROAD VERSUS ANOTHER <br />AND TO TRY TO WORK OUT IMPROVEMENTS ON BOTH ROADS. HE STRESSED HOW <br />DANGEROUS IT WAS TO GO THROUGH COUNTRY CLUB POINTE TO GET TO THE <br />HOSPITAL IN AN EMERGENCY. AFTER THE PROPOSED ROAD IS COMPLETED, <br />THERE WOULD BE FEWER TURNS NEAR THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ENTRANCE - IT <br />WOULD BE A STRAIGHT SHOT INSTEAD. HE THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNTY <br />PROCEED WITH BOTH ROADS: INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD AND 16TH STREET, <br />AND GIVE MAXIMUM DRAINAGE TO COUNTRY CLUB POINTE. <br />SEP 14 1981 <br />MA <br />Boos 47 Pact 446 <br />