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APR 10 1985 BOOK CO F'.cE.516 staff to consider the alternative of having Indian River Boulevard intersect U.S. #1 at 8th Street. Director Davis stated that the only collector available now for the Boulevard is 4th Street and advised that staff recommended 4th Street as the south terminus after looking at the County's overall traffic plan. He pointed out that 4th street is a primary collector while 8th Street is designated as a secondary collector. Chairman Lyons felt that the matter of noise may require some more study and consideration given to constructing a sound -deadening wall. He noted that they have found that in automobile traffic, it is the first four feet which is important as far as sound is concerned. Mr. LeFevre agreed that the use of sound -deadening walls has been very successful in Minneapolis and felt that perhaps a 6 ft. or 8 ft. wall would do an even better job than 4 feet and wouldn't cost that much more. Commissioner Scurlock stated that the County always tries to mitigate the impact of road improvements on adjacent neighborhoods and assumed that the Board do whatever is economically feasible to mitigate any adverse effect the extension of the Boulevard will have on the development. Commissioner Wodtke believed it would have been great if Vista Royale had put in one of its fairways along that alignment; however, the County must meet its transportation needs and he believed the extension of Indian River Boulevard is necessary. He also expressed the belief that the County would do everything possible to mitigate any effect the Boulevard might have, and felt that whether a wall should be 4, 6 or 8 feet is something that needs to be determined. Bill Priestly, owner of Jungle Club, spoke in behalf of the thousands of people who don't live in Vista Royale and 85