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change from what we are doing currently. He stressed that if we <br />start placing streetlights in unincorporated areas of the county, <br />we had better set some pretty stringent requirements. Maybe it is <br />something we want to do, but it is going to cost a pretty big chunk <br />if we start getting into the streetlight business county -wide. <br />Commissioner Wheeler felt we would evaluate each one as they <br />came forward. He believed this is one of our primary <br />responsibilities as county government. He pointed out that we <br />probably are involved in a lot of areas where we should not be, <br />whereas this is an area we should be in. <br />Commissioner Scurlock recalled that communities like Gifford <br />came to us and proposed a streetlighting district and they are <br />paying an assessment. We have been consistent with that policy <br />throughout the county. <br />Chairman Eggert didn't have a problem with that, but there is <br />a lighting problem at this intersection. In fact, she has asked <br />for reflectors to be pasted on the side of the curb as you come off <br />U.S. #1 and you get into that other black curve. <br />Bill Koolage, 11 Vista Gardens Trail, explained that when <br />Indian River Boulevard was constructed, there were some design <br />problems. There is a bend in the road there, and as you approach <br />from the north to make your exit, you cannot see over that bend. <br />It is a blind spot; there are no curve lines and you cannot judge. <br />One of the residents put some red tape on a little stake so it' <br />would reflect the headlights. There are no curve lines in the <br />road and you are making a dead shot over that hill and it is hard <br />to determine whether you are going to be too far left or right. <br />Another problem in the design is that there is not a proper access <br />from 8th Street onto the Boulevard because there is no stacking <br />lane. We have provided exit lanes from the Boulevard where you can <br />pull over, but nowhere have we considered the narrow median in <br />crossing the Boulevard and getting into traffic. If you are coming <br />off of 8th Street to go north on the Boulevard, you are a dead duck <br />31 <br />