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is staff's obligation to stick to the manual and be as totally objective as they can in making their recommendations. He emphasized that staff has looked at the traffic volumes here and does not recommend 4 -way stops simply because they don't meet the warrant criteria. Chairman Eggert felt NACO said we weren't all that liable if we put these up, and Commissioner Scurlock did not believe the City of Vero Beach has incurred any losses from the 4 -way stops they put on Club Drive 12 years ago. Commissioner Bird asked how you put a price tag on the inconvenience to everyone who travels that street and has to stop at signs that are there simply to slow the traffic when it is not really necessary. Commissioner Scurlock felt the point is that the road was not designed for through traffic and, therefore, you are not inconveniencing anyone who instead should be using the road that was designed for the through traffic. Commissioner Bird believed the most expeditious way to move traffic is to let it flow and, in fact, the reason the DOT is very reluctant to grant more traffic signals on U.S.I. is because when you interrupt that flow of traffic, you start creating problems. Traffic Engineer Dudeck agreed and further informed the Board that studies have indicated once you put a 4 -way stop in strictly for speed control, the speed between those signs is greater than it was before. Commissioner Wheeler believed we are only using the road at 35% of the capacity it was designed for. He also believed that Public Works Director Davis used the word "objective;" and he felt that is what we have to be; that we must look at this countywide, not just for Rosewood. Discussion continued at length with Mr. Beuttell presenting his philosophy that spreading the impact over all streets is simply "spreading the disease," and Commissioner Wheeler noted 29 BOOK 9 f. ,U1.685 M R 2 71990