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SEPJ7 1991 BOOK84 r-E.4Z Mrs. Carter, who was representing her son who owns 20 acres in the area, stressed how much that property has developed in the last 11 years, so much so that there are no more 5 -acre lots left. She felt it was a good thing she didn't wear dentures because she -would bite her tongue upon hitting every rut along that road. She urged the Board 'to authorize better maintenance. Skip Hullfish,'owner of 5 acres in Fellsmere, noted that FPS L and Southern Bell already have moved their utility poles back 20 feet along that easement. He didn't think the citrus trucks use that road all that much. Charlie Dyer, resident of 83rd Street, first wished to commend the drainage district on their fast service in solving a drainage problem last week. He wished to inform the Board that Berry Groves does.use that road to a great extent. When it is dry, 103rd Avenue is like a washboard, and when it is wet, it's like soup. It seemed to hire that since there is no problem in getting roads paved in other parts of the county, some roads in Fellsmere should get some improvements. Otherwise, he felt that taxes in Fellsmere have gone up this year for no reason at all. Mrs. Marques, resident of 77th Street, commented that she has three children and drives them to school and other activities and her car is falling apart from traveling that road. Wayne Stevenson, resident of Fellsmere, explained that he travels 93 miles every night in hi.s delivery of the Vero Beach Press Journal and, in his opinion, the streets in that area are in very bad condition. His little car sl.ides all over the road after a rain, and one night a dead Australian Pine had fallen across the road. He noted that 77th and 79th Streets are also in very bad condition, and he wondered if there is any way that area could be graded, and Chairman Bird stated that the County will take a look at it. Regina Susa explained that she lives on the corner of 130th Avenue and 85th Street and in order to get her mail and the newspaper during the wet season, she has to back her car out of the driveway over the pond that forms in front of her house. The school bus has to pull into her driveway almost up to the house just to pick up her son. A lady from the transportation department at the School Board informed her that if the roads didn't improve in that area, they weren't going to take their brand new buses down that road. She emphasized that the road is very hazardous and urged the Board to do something about it. Frank Malardy, resident of 79th Street, felt there is no question that the road is hazardous and asked the Commission to take a ride out there to see for themselves. Since moving here 16