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map showing District 3 of the transportation impact fee areas. She advised that it looks like District #3 includes all of the City of Sebastian and perhaps part of Precinct #10 and a little of Precinct #13. If the Board wanted to expand the referendum to a county -wide election, it wouldn't increase the cost very much. The only problem is whether the presidential preference election could be considered county -wide since only registered voters of a major party can vote in that election. Those people who are registered independent or non-partisan would not be able to vote in the election. It would not be a large amount of money to hold the referendum the Board is discussing, but we would have to be very careful to make sure that each person going to the polls only votes on what they are entitled to. We would have to prepare for that. We still have the question of whether the presidential preference election qualifies as a county -wide election. Attorney Vitunac advised that the intention of the law is to save money, and since an election is being held throughout the county anyway, he believed we could place a referendum on that ballot. Chairman Eggert asked if we could be ready by March 10th if the Board agreed to a referendum, and Mrs. Robinson replied in the affirmative. Mr. Wadsworth referred to Commissioner Bird's comment about the one-year delay in going with the alternative of widening the existing roadway, and believed the taxpayers in the north county preferred that to a 7 -year temporary fix. Commissioner Scurlock jumped in at the mention of the "temporary fix" again. He asked Director Davis to again clarify that once and for all, and Mr. Davis did so. Chairman Eggert also objected to the word "temporary" because temporary to her meant a sign saying that traffic is being diverted for a short time. She would like to remove the word "temporary" from those situations and see the word "phasing" used instead. At this point, she would appreciate a Motion on this matter. ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Commissioner Bird, the Board voted unanimously to remain with their previous approval of the Twin Pairs design. Commissioner Bowman commented that the twin -pair project in downtown Melbourne seems to have failed, and Director Davis explained that area is a very intense downtown commercial setting and there is no way to expand the roadways. 33