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989 Bo0K 76 FACE 154 which was to go north of the main drainage canal and not impact the business area. The route preferred by the DOT would end up with many businesses literally being under the bridge. City Manager Little noted that the DOT seems to be biased against the alternate the City suggested. He had felt they would, at least, have had a public hearing on this, and we have written them we still hoped they will. However, at the moment, it appears the funding may not be there in any event. Mayor Macht reported that he did get a rather conciliatory letter back from the DOT, saying that they will go ahead with a public hearing. As to the comment in regard to the lack of funding, he believed that what is happening is that we are being involved in a squeeze play among the governmental agencies in Tallahassee. Councilman Hoyt Howard emphasized that he always stressed that the bridge route would have an environmental impact, and he personally had recommended the bridge go in the path of the old wooden bridge. He felt strongly that if we want that bridge any time in the next few years, we will have to cooperate with the state road department and take what they want to give us. He urged that we do cooperate with them and get this bridge up there because it is obvious that before too many more years, we are going to need another bridge. D. Policies Concerning Use of Traffic Impact Fees County Public Works Director Davis advised that since the inception of this program, our policy for use of the fees has been one whereby technical merit has been the predominant driving force in recommending projects for implementation. He explained how we monitor various locations and determine where the growth of the traffic is in relation to the overall network, with technical merit being the primary focus. This program is now about 3 years old, and we have not seen any problem in the allocation of the fees. All the fees are used on capital 6