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BOOK 83 PAGE J05 the project because there is a lot of industrial property that sits on the northeast corner of Sebastian parallel to Route One between 130th Street and Gibson Street and that road is almost unavoidable and it's a shame, and we must keep in mind the interests and wishes of the Roseland Property Owners but we should not make a mistake as far as how we're going to route that traffic in an industrially important property. Fred Mensing, representing himself, reappeared to discuss the points brought up by Mr. DeJoia and Mr. Holyk. He wanted to mention, for the record, that there is over a hundred acres of land along 130th Street and the road is zoned industrial, and opening this road up into Sebastian and a residential development is obviously going to create an industrial traffic flow over the years as that industrial land develops. He said he is not in favor of Powerline Road. He described consequences and cautioned the Board to analyze all options. Commissioner Eggert asked what studies, if any, have been done on Powerline-Gibson by staff or by the City of Sebastian. Director Davis reported the initial phase of the County Road 512 project contained a traffic study that was conducted by Keith and Schnars which is a well-known consulting firm in Florida with a specialty in traffic engineering and in master planning. In this study they looked at the built -out condition of the area, particularly Sebastian Highlands. They also looked at the peripheral roads around CR512 including Gibson Street and Powerline Road and some of the other roads that have been discussed and that study was approved by the City Council of Sebastian in 1988. It was a part of their resolution when they supported the twin pair project and that is basically the document that has preceded the design phase and has driven the design phase. Commissioner Scurlock stressed that this has not been done in a vacuum but rather there has been extensive analyses of the entire area. Director Davis agreed and added that there has been debate both within the Transportation Planning Committee and City Council meetings and before this Board. Chairman Bird asked Director Davis if we backed off of the twin pairs and didn't do the northern leg and went ahead and utilized the existing alignment and the existing crossing, and so forth, just did a widening, what would we be talking about to satisfy our immediate, short term needs. Director Davis demonstrated with a conceptual drawing and indicated the twin pairs alignment actually is a very short stretch of the project, only four thousand feet. If we went with the one - 26 M M r