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Boa d of County Commissioners Charles Balczum, County Administrator - Administration Building Vero Beach, FL 32960 30 , Dear Mr. Balczum: L 5905 Paleo Pines Circle Fort Pierce, FL, 34951 i July 229 1987 _Please present to the County Commissioners our request for a resolution in support of the attached petition to the Public Service Commission. The following information is provided to acquaint the Commissioners with a history and analysis of the petition as it pertains to North Fort Pierce and Vero Beach --and with the studies conducted by Scouthern Bell Telephone Company. I. A petition drive was initiated in North Fort Pierce directed to the Public Service Commission in request for toll-free dialing privileges between Vero Beach and Fort Pierce, in September of 1986. Commissioner Jim Minix, St. Lucie County, requested that the peti- tion be extended to include all of the Treasure Coast. He appointed a committee under the aegis of the Pro- perty and Home Owners' Associations --meeting Aug. 25. This petition requests an extended exchange area or 'a changed exchange area that would provide toll-free dialing privileges to our various contiguous neighbor- hoods. (Petition attached) II. An analysis of the petitions, as related to North Fort Pierce and Vero Beach is as follows: A. 3718 signatures represent residents from Fort Pierce, 3436 of which are from the North Fort Pierce community --Spanish Lakes Country Club Village, Lakewood Park, Holiday Pines, and North Hutchinson Island specifically indicate a need for toll-free dialing between this area and Vero Beach. Most of the residents in this community gravitate to Vero Beach for shopping, recreation, medical and dental attention, and conducting business, etc. B. Conversely, 843 signatures were gathered in Vero Beach, reinforcing the implied request of North Fort Pierce residents (For your information, the total number of signatures is 6576, with more to come. The concentration of in- terest is as reflected above and between Jensen Beach and' Fort Pierce.) III. Mr. Sid Poe, External Affairs, Southern Bell Telephone Company, met with Dorothy Barrett, coordinator of the petition drive, many times over the past months to dis- cuss studies conducted by his company to determine the needs of their consumers and to indicate the concerns of Southern Bell in implementing changes to accomodate these needs. A. AUS i A 7 Copies of the studies between Fort Pierce and Beach are attached. Analysis of the study relating to the exchange calls between these two communities indicates following: Vero of the 35 took 6 r4 {