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K. Request to Close Roads For Parade in Rockridge on 2%15/92 <br />Public Works Director Jim Davis stated this request has been <br />changed since the initial request. The parade route will be <br />approximately a four -block area within Rockridge along 16th Street, <br />3rd Court, 15th Street and 5th Court, and staff recommends approval <br />of the request. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowman, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Scurlock, the Board unanimously <br />approved the parade route within Rockridge along <br />16th Street, 3rd Court, 15th Street and 5th Court, <br />to be held on February 15, 1992, as recommended by <br />staff. <br />L. Gerard Koziel Appointed to serve on Treasure Coast Health <br />Council <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously appointed <br />Gerard Koziel of Indian River Memorial Hospital to <br />serve on the Treasure Coast Health Council to fill <br />the remaining term which expires June 30, 1992. <br />PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEMS <br />PRESENTATION OF TOURIST STUDY STATUS REPORT BY REGIONAL RESEARCH <br />ASSOCIATES <br />Dr. Milton Redmond, vice president and principal of Regional <br />Research Associates, came before the Board to present the first <br />Tourist Study Report, explain its form, interpret the results, and <br />relate what the Board may expect in the coming months. <br />Dr. Redmond recounted that the contract for this study was <br />signed on December 9, 1991. The firm immediately set up meetings <br />with hoteliers to inform them of this study and hired people to <br />conduct surveys at local hotels, art centers, chambers of commerce <br />and the Melbourne airport. The surveys began on Monday, December <br />23 and the report is for that portion of December, 1991. For that <br />reason the figures are tentative rather than definitive and were <br />used as a means to get comments, suggestions and to set up an <br />agenda for the next month. <br />Dr. Redmond distributed copies of the report and directed the <br />Board's attention to Table 1, which compares hotels with varying <br />room capacity. The first chart is a comparison of occupancy rates <br />for December of 1990 to December of 1991 and shows a drop in <br />occupancy from 1990 to 1991. Dr. Redmond was skeptical of the <br />17 <br />FEB 04 1992 <br />BOOK 5F.�,c :' U <br />