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LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT APPROVING THE REPORT, AND <br />WHETHER IT COULD BE AMENDED BASED ON THE INPUT RECEIVED THIS EVENING. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN COCHRANE TO PROCEED IMMEDIATELY <br />WITH THE EXTENSION OF INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD CONSIDERING THE SUGGESTIONS <br />THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE THIS EVENING BY MRS. ROBINSON, THE AUDUBON <br />SOCIETY, AND THE FLORIDA GAME & FRESH WATER FISH COMMISSION; START <br />THE 16TH STREET PROJECT; AND APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER AND <br />RECOMMEND FUTURE ROAD PRIORITIES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY. <br />THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE DRAINAGE <br />AND HE HAS NO INTENTION OF DRAINING ANY OF THE WETLAND AREA. HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY HAS DONE CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THE <br />ENGINEERS HAVE INDICATED BUT THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROBLEM OF DRAINAGE <br />OF THE WETLAND AREA TO THE EAST OF THE PROPOSED ROAD. <br />ATTORNEY CIANFRONE COMMENTED THAT TONIGHT THE TWO BOARDS <br />ARE ACTING AS THE APPLICANT FOR THE PERMIT BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC <br />PROJECT. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION ENSUED. <br />REESE KESSLER, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, <br />CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND ADVISED THEM THAT HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF <br />THE REPORT ABOUT WHICH EVERYONE IS DEBATING. HE STATED THAT THE <br />REPORT CAN BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS REFLECTED BY THE PROPOSALS <br />MADE BY FLORIDA GAME & FRESH WATER FISH - THEN THE PROPOSAL COULD BE <br />AMENDED ACCORDINGLY, THROUGH THE DRAWINGS OF MR. GHIOTO. ALL OF THE <br />PRECEDING CONCERNS COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSAL. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE REITERATED THAT IF THEY WOULD APPROVE <br />THE BIOLOGICAL REPORT AND INSTRUCT THE CONSULTANTS TO ADHERE TO THE <br />REPORT, THEY WOULD THEN CONFORM. <br />MR. KESSLER THOUGHT THAT IF THEY WOULD VARY FROM THOSE <br />CONDITIONS PRESENTED, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH -THIS PROCEDURE <br />AGAIN. <br />SEP 141981 Box 47, pace 58 <br />39 <br />