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Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Kromhout 2746 First Place Vero Beach, Florida 32962 July 5, 1988 County Commission Indian River County Vero Beach, Florida 32960 Commissioners, In the matter of granting to the Faith United Fellowship a variance for use of residentially zoned property located on the northeast corner of 27th Avenue and First Place, impacted property owners who have signed below object to the following aspects of the site plan as recommended by the Zoning Board: 1. Attention to drainage problems; 2. Attention to traffic/access problems 3. Deviation from master plan enforcement..,** Specifically, on the mat-ter,o+'-drainageq currently run-off in the .i.mpact.ed areA.,.ruips east --west over 27th Avenue, cregtting standing.water-on.proper-ties directly west of and across 27th Avenue from the project site. The resulting mosquito infestation and sodden lawns will continue and likely worsen fh.degree.under current site plan. We are aware that. on Thursday, June 30, . and Friday, July 1, road crews appeared in the area, cleaning and deapening the north -south furrow fronting the site in question; however, these minor improvements will only minimally mitigate the existing drainage problems, which seem logically to increase when one reviews the traffic/access problems as follows. Continually increasing north -south traffic flow song 27th Avenue linking Indian River and St. Lucie Counties joins with school hours' traffic to endanger all residents in the impacted area. Happpily for school, children, a redesigned intersection with full service traffic light now reduces the likelihood of traffic injuries at the Citrus/27th Avenue corner. However, this improvement has done little to slow traffic on 27th Avenue and has done nothing to reduce the drop-off/pick-up problems on First Lane just south of Citrus Elementary School or on First Place just south and east of the school --the same road on which the current site plan proposes to allow access to the church building site in question. Superficially, granting access to the site from First Place rather than from 27th Avenue appears to be the logical and safe course of action. However, such an access precipitates an equally insidious problem: far too many vehicles now use First Place as an east -west conduit between 27th Avenue and 20TH Avenue (and ultimately Old Dixie Highway), a use increased not decreased by the improvements to the Citrus Road/27th Avenue corner. At present, only its unpaved condition and its sub -standard width of bed save First Place east from 27th from being a speedway. The two-year escrow for paving included in the site plan as affirmed by the Zoning Board fails to recognize the rights and interests of existing property owners: JUL 51900 32 Bou 73 un. 172