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600K 69 'PAGE 218 serious, they can close the median, but by that time hopefully there will be some development behind the bank, and they will have an access road over there which will provide for a greater flow of traffic around that area. Chairman Scurlock asked staff if the ultimate thought is that the access to the bank would be from the adjacent property, and this is truly just a temporary situation. Director Davis replied that it is anticipated that as the rest of the property on the northwest corner is developed, there will be internal connections to the bank property just as there will be to the Burger King restaurant and the facilities on the east of King's Highway. The problem they have now is the road is built, and to add 3' into the median there, you would have to tear out curb and gutter on each side of the road, which would be a very expensive project. Director David further noted that we only had 120' of R/W there and had the FP&L concrete poles on the east side of the highway, and we were required by the St. John's River Water Management District to do a retention drainage system to hold back the first inch of rainfall. We met that requirement but just a few cubic feet of storage; so, the drainage is a critical situation there also. Mr. Curtis noted that he was always led to understand that they would be able to exit left out of their branch, but it was not engineered to accommodate that. Because of this access problem, the bank has lost 53 customers, and he, therefore, would like to pursue looking into the cost involved to remedy this, if it is possible. He continued to stress that he is only asking for a temporary thing. Chairman Scurlock inquired of staff what the cost could amount to. Director Davis advised that there probably -would be some cost for expansion of R/W, and then you would have to provide an adequate storage area between the north and southbound lanes to stack a vehicle or two. But another problem is that we are 36 _I