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,ti BOOK S P,' -E Commissioner Bird felt we would upset the neighborhood if we clear the right-of-way wall to wall on both sides and put in swales and ditches and pave a road. He could see the site is geographically good in relation to the golf courses but asked if we could look to buy something else to avoid potential negative effects to the residential community around it. Director Pinto said this project has been worked on for two years and the project has been before the Board. He agreed there is always another site, but we have gone through the permitting on this site and spent literally thousands of dollars on engineering. He assured the Board that the appearance is going to be better than what has been there up to now. The access road is on the master plan as a road, so there is no special road being created. He consulted the public works department and the planning department about access to the project, and those departments have indicated their intention is that road will become a major road. Commissioner Bird agreed that the master plan indicates that eventually a road will be part of that area, but he felt there is a difference between creating a road to move traffic and building an access road to a facility that the neighbors do not want in the first place. Commissioner Scurlock asked if we could continue using the access road and defer building on the road until later, and Director Pinto explained that the Utilities Department needs a road to do the construction but will follow whatever Planning and Public Works allows. Utilities certainly does not wish to spend money to build roads. Commissioner Bird asked if staff is making it a requirement that the road be constructed to the site as part of the site plan approval, and Planning Director Stan Boling advised they only need access because this is an unmanned facility. Paved parking is not required. Any kind of access to a site like this would be acceptable because it is an existing situation and they are not increasing the traffic. Commissioner Bird felt if we could hold off on construction of that road, it would prevent antagonizing the residents in the neighborhood. Commissioner Bird asked about the possibility of discharging the effluent into the canal. He understands we do not want to convey water into the river, but during times of rainfall we put millions of gallons of water into the river a day, and how much more are we going to damage the river if we add another million or two per day during an emergency type situation. 20