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Commissioner Bird felt that standing water in these neighborhood swales would make it difficult for the residents to maintain those ditches, and Commissioner Bowman wondered if there was some way we could contest this requirement. Director Davis explained that if the Board wants to authorize them to proceed with petition paving as we have done in some projects in the past, then staff will not seek these permits. However, it might be better to get some legal opinion on that. Commissioner Wheeler felt that if this is a problem for the City of Vero Beach and everybody else, perhaps we should sit down and solve this problem. Director Davis explained that the Water District's stormwater management law establishes certain performance criteria that must be met before any paving can be done. It is an effort to keep the waters clean in this state. He did not feel that retaining 1/2" in the swales will help all that much, and emphasized that the paving of the road eliminates a lot of the silt that is washed into the system, and the grass swales filter the stormwater before it gets to the river. Commissioner Bird wanted to see us request a hearing with St. John's to see if we can be exempted from this requirement, especially as it pertains to residential neighborhoods. Director Davis asked the Board to authorize him to go ahead on some of these projects today as he has a crew standing by and would like to punch out a couple of the projects and then get the permits for them. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowman, SECONDED by Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously (3-0) accepted the proposal from Marshall, McCully s; Associates at a fee of $250 per project; authorized Public Works to proceed with the requested projects; and requested staff to set up a meeting with the Water District. 30 Boa 7 P.,GE ! 7 JUN 24 i ...