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conduct a study of Hutchinson Island, they had some severe reser- vations about the extent of the committee's activities in this County and wished to express these reservations in a Resolution. The Resolution being considered by the Board today requests the Governor to clarify the purpose and role of that committee so that the extent of Indian River County's involvement would be limited to transportation items only. He noted that one of the original justifications for our being involved was the need for disaster evacuation. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Commissioner Lyons, to adopt Reso- lution 83-7 requesting that the Governor limit Indian River County's involvement in the Hutchinson Island Study to consideration of the county transportation system. Commissioner Wodtke felt this should be further limited to the County transportation system as specifically related to disaster preparedness, and Attorney Brandenburg did not feel such a modification would be found objectionable. Commissioner Fletcher wished to know what the Commission feared from having a complete study conducted by the state. Ed Schlitt, local realtor, commented that after visiting with the Governor's office in Tallahassee, he had found that nobody really objected to Indian River County participating in this Committee on a limited basis. Mr. Schlitt emphasized that our County, working in coordination with developers and property owners, has done a very good job developing an overall plan that will be a model for the entire state. He personally felt there is no reason for our county to be subjected to some things that might come out of this study, and he believed that the possibility of the government shutting down any development on the barrier island really exists. ` a, 5 5 JAN 19 1983 fox tAv -62.5