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Director Davis stressed that paving and drainage are not separate issues; we need a total management plan for the area. He pointed out that county crews have done substantial work in this area; they open culverts practically on a daily basis; and the culverts do fill back in. Because the area involved is almost as large as the City of Sebastian and has 200 homes, it would take quite a few crews to cover the whole area Director Davis noted that we have 600 miles of roads in the county and 77 miles are in Vero Lake Estates alone. Commissioner Bird felt the Public Works Director is saying that as long as there are dirt roads, they will continue to clog up the culverts and there will be a drainage problem. Thomas Waters wished to know if the Public Works Director had ever been to Vero Lake Estates and knew the number of ditches there were. Director Davis assured him that he has been out there many times over five years, but he did not know the exact number of ditches. Mr. Waters stated that there is only one ditch there that works out of all of them and that is on 89th St. which is not even a street. He then complained at length about the county crews stopping up the ditches, stressing that if there is a vacant lot, they'll dump the fill on there, but when there are homes on the lots, they'll just dig out the ditch to where the homes are, not out to the main ditch, because they won't pay the expense to put the dirt on dumptrucks and haul it off. The Vice Chairman believed the County has a need for fill and is looking for it all the time. Discussion ensued on closing the hearing if no one further wished to be heard. Attorney Clem wished to make a further statement. He informed the Board that all the ponds and lakes in the MSTU are owned and still retained by the Ansins. They are willing to cooperate and help with the drainage, but this is the first time a budget has been set for this MSTU. Originally $5.00 was talked 13 SEP 419 5 BOOK 1 NAGE 965