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JUN 2 <br />GOOK <br />77 <br />PAGE 220 <br />Mrs. <br />Michael, president of Earring Point Groves, <br />Inc., <br />expressed their strong opposition to the proposed realignment of <br />Jungle Trail and further advised that Mrs. Sermon who owns about <br />500 acres along the Trail north of the Polo Club property author- <br />ized her to inform the Board that she has not been contacted by <br />the applicant, and she most certainly does object to the <br />realignment. <br />Julie Lier, 2 Michael Creek Drive., read the following <br />statement for her mother-in-law, Jeannette•Lier, Sec./Treas. of <br />Lier Groves, Inc.: <br />June 27, 1989. <br />To: County Commissioners <br />Re, Realignment of North Jungle Trail <br />I am Jeannette Michael Lier, Sec.-Treas. of-Lier <br />Groves, Inc. residing at 1 Michael Creek Drive, Orchid <br />Island. I have.lived on Orchid Island in the vicinity <br />of the Wabasso bridgehead for seventy-six years. My <br />husband purchased a one-half interest in forty acres <br />of land along North Jungle Trail forty years ago, which <br />land he cleared and set in citrus. Subsequently, we ac- <br />quired part of an existing grove and more vacant land <br />which we cleared and planted. This makes us the long- <br />est continuous user of this road except for the Pryor <br />Family who preceeded us by many years. In the past, we <br />have paid to have certain sections of this road hedged <br />and have also filled in innumerable holes to keep this <br />road passable for our grove equipment - <br />As one of the -primary users of this road, we can <br />attest to the fact that nine -tenths of the traffic is <br />grove related. In fact, you could and still can go for <br />months at a time without seeing any vehicle that is not <br />related to citrus production. To re -enforce this state- <br />ment, several years ago after citrus canker was found in <br />the State of Florida, this North road was closed for <br />about one and one-half years to all traffic that was not <br />citrus related, and there was no hue and cry raised. Very <br />few people were even aware of this action. <br />If you will look at the map which shows the road <br />as proposed by the 1920 St. Lucie County Commission, <br />and then look at the existing North Jungle Trail, you <br />will see that there is a precedent for realigning this :s <br />82 <br />