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BOOK 75 F,,,GE.281 Mr. Byrd stated that with retail at single story and offices at 3 stories, or 80,000 sq. ft. of retail versus 200,000 sq. ft. of office, retail would produce 315 new trips while the offices would produce 350, or a 11% increase. In dealing with this reduced land use as opposed to what they had with the Boulevard Shops, he is comfortable with the level of improvements they had. Mr. Byrd felt it all comes down to 3 -story versus 1 -story. Commissioner Bowman believed CL has more truck traffic than OCR, and the Chairman again emphasized that no one really knows just what this will be because they are going to try to market the property. Discussion continued, and Public Works Director Davis asked if Mr. Byrd is saying that without the Indian River Boulevard connection, the U.S.I. connection could work only if it is signalized. Mr. Byrd stated that he was not and emphasized that you must have the warrants to permit the signalization. Warrants were developed specitically to tell us whether or not there is enough traffic congestion and delay to warrant interrupting U.S.I. traffic. He further pointed out that the DOT's policy is that they won't put up a signal until the development is built and the trattic is actually there, Further discussion ensued about the previous site plan for the Boulevard Shops which was 160,000 sq. ft. and now we are looking at 80,000 sq. ft. Commissioner Bowman noted that the first site plan called for a development about the size of three WalMarts. She felt without a traffic light here, no one will be able to get out onto U.S.1., especially if we get a big sub -regional mall at Oslo Road. Attorney Brandenburg requested that he be given an oppor- tunity to rebut after the other presentations are made. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. Attorney Bruce Barkett came before the Board representing Vista Civic Association, which is an organization consisting of 30