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Chairman Scurlock reported that a recent newspaper article stated that Indian River County and the City of Sebastian may pave a road to the site of a new school in Sebastian Highlands, but he didn't know if the City Council had acted on that. He did know that this Board has not, and emphasized that in the past our position has been that if the School Board plans to build on a site where there is no paved road, it is their responsibility to pave it, not the County's. Chairman Scurlock -suggested that the School Board take another took into the access roads to the sites under consideration. Director Davis reported that in a meeting with Mayor Harris and City Council regarding their intent to amend their local city thoroughfare plan, he recommended that they get their thoughts together and hire a traffic consultant, and bring their plan to the TPC once it is formalized and approved by the City Council. Commissioner Bowman advised that she will contact Gene Wadell, who represents Sebastian on the TPC, and ask him to please attend the next TPC meeting. Commissioner Eggert had a problem with #5 on the report concerning increasing the speed limit on 90th Avenue, as she noticed that citrus trucks and other large trucks are barreling down that road way in excess of 30 mph, and people are afraid to ride their bikes or cross the street on foot. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that the problem out there is that there is nothing to interrupt the traffic. Director Davis believed that when they monitored that road, the average speed was 42 mph, which is in the 85th percentile and that is what we are told to use on the DOT procedure for estab- fishing speed limits. Commissioner Eggert felt that sometimes going by the book is very nice, but sometimes it should not be, and Chairman Scurlock agreed that we should leave the speed limit at 30 mph for now. 122 BOOK 67 PAGE 771 MAR 2 4 11987