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F" - <br />MAR 12 1986 <br />BOOK 63 FArUE 8.85 7 <br />REPORT - TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING <br />Commissioner Lyons reported that the Transportation Planning <br />Committee had a meeting yesterday and discussed the capital <br />improvements program for the county and the financing. We have a <br />significant shortfall in the 20 -year period. One way to help <br />with the shortfall is to increase the gas tax, and it was the <br />unanimous vote of the Committee to recommend the gas tax be <br />increased to the maximum 6�. Even with that we still will be <br />some 30 million short on our transportation plan, even including <br />impact fees and everything. This will be brought back to the <br />Board for formal discussion and adoption later. <br />Commissioner Lyons reported that they next discussed signals <br />for schools - warning lights, etc. There is some problem at the <br />new school at Sebastian; there are some schools budgeted this <br />year we also would like to expedite; and there are some schools <br />scheduled for next year. It was felt we should move as quickly <br />as possible as these are real hazard situations, and it would be <br />very hard to take the position of delaying this. <br />They are also recommending signals for 27th Avenue and 4th <br />Street; however, to do a decent job on that corner, more R/W is <br />needed and there is also the question of the drainage canal, plus <br />having two houses in the way at that intersection. The first <br />step recommended is to do whatever we can do with the minimum <br />disruption to get signals there, and the committee will come back <br />later with the plan for that corner for the long run. It will be <br />an expensive corner and also brings to a head the fact that we <br />are tied in by these drainage ditches, which creates a real <br />problem. <br />NAMES FOR "TOWN MEETING" <br />Commissioner Lyons informed the Board that he needs as <br />quickly as possible names of people to serve on the "Town <br />Meeting," which will be a 3 -day meeting to sit down with the <br />Regional Planning Council and come up with the sort of things we <br />think should be in the regional plan. <br />52 <br />s � <br />