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801( 47 PAGE . <br />SEP 14 1981 <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK COMMENTED THAT AFTER ALL THE <br />DISCUSSION HEARD THIS EVENING, HE CONCURRED THAT THE ENGINEERS HAVE <br />INDICATED THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SATISFACTORILY ALL THE <br />COMMENTS HEARD THIS EVENING. HE FELT THE PORTION OF THE LAND BETWEEN <br />INDIAN RIVER BOULEVARD AND COUNTRY CLUB POINTE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED <br />TO IMPACT THE AREA OR BECOME DEVELOPED. HE STATED HE WOULD VOTE IN <br />FAVOR OF THE MOTION AND FELT THAT THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE PROJECT <br />HAD BEEN CLOUDED OVER A GREAT DEAL. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT <br />THERE HAD BEEN A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND BETWEEN THE VARIOUS <br />ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS, <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER QUESTIONED THE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH <br />THE PROJECT, OR TO EVEN HAVE THE ROAD AT ALL, HE REMINDED THOSE PRESENT <br />THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT $200,000 FOR THE ENGINEERS' WORK AND <br />THAT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYERS IN THE COUNTY LIVING ON DIRT <br />ROADS WONDERING WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO GET THEIR ROADS PAVED. COM- <br />MISSIONER FLETCHER POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE 20 BRIDGES IN THE COUNTY <br />THAT NEED DIRECT ATTENTION AND MANY ROADS THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED <br />HE FELT IT DIFFICULT TO CONSIDER TAKING CARE OF THE INDIAN RIVER <br />BOULEVARD AND THE 16TH STREET PROJECTS IF WE HAVE TO BORROW ADDITIONAL <br />MONEY TO DO SO. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER FELT IT WAS TIME TO TIGHTEN UP <br />AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AND NOT ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN ENVIRON- <br />MENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE VOTING AGAINST <br />THE MOTION. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE PEOPLE LIVING <br />IN COUNTRY CLUB POINTE AND WAS CONVINCED THAT THE ENGINEERS COULD MAKE <br />THE PROPER CHANGES IN THE PLANS. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS ROAD WAS <br />NEEDED, NOT ONLY TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL BUT ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING <br />IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE BEACH AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD FELT A GOOD POINT WAS MADE BY MR. VOTAPKA REGARDING <br />AN EVACUATION BY-PASS - THIS ROAD WOULD ASSURE THE COUNTY OF A SAFE <br />ACCESS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD VOTE FOR THE MOTION. <br />THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT THE ENGINEERS° PRESENTATION HAD <br />COMPLETELY SATISFIED HIM. <br />