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determined by the Florida D.E.R. to be a jurisdictional area. It <br />is an isolated mosquito control impoundment, which, prior to the <br />implementation of the mosquito control dike system, was open to <br />the Indian River and provided a habitat for aquatic vegetation <br />and wildlife in that area. <br />Commissioner Bird asked what the effect would be if the <br />alignment was shifted slightly to the east thereby avoiding the <br />Hopkins lot and the two Sullivan lots, and Director Davis <br />explained that by shifting the alignment to the east, you are <br />reducing the availability of the use of the existing dike which <br />serves as the west perimeter of Impoundment No. 22. In addition, <br />if the dike was taken out of the alignment, it would require <br />approximately 7% more fill to be put in the right-of-way to <br />construct the roadway. In reviewing this alignment, the <br />environmental agencies indicated that this alignment requires the <br />least amount of fill in the right-of-way and is thereby the least <br />damaging to the environment. <br />Commissioner Bird just felt he needed some justification for <br />paying what we are going to have to pay for those three lots <br />because there is some question in his mind as to whether or not <br />those lots are buildable without the Boulevard going in there. <br />Director Davis explained that up until just the end of 1989, <br />the D.E.R. had taken the position that we were not offering <br />enough mitigation for the project, and we had to do extensive <br />vegetation surveys in the impoundment area to show that what we <br />were proposing was a viable plan. <br />Commissioner Bird stated that with that explanation on why <br />we need to encroach on those 3 pieces of property, he could <br />support the alignment. <br />MAR 2 0 1990 37 <br />BOOK - E�1E �' <br />