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The Board sought and received information from staff on possible solutions on maintaining the unpaved roads in the unincorporated areas of Fellsmere, the FWCD, MSTU, MSBU, and legal liabilities. 6. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS AND INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC 7:00 Michael O'Haire, the attorney representing the FWCD and other large p.m. Water Control Districts (WCD's) in Indian River County, pointed out that all of the WCD's were created for agricultural uses, with perhaps the exception of the Vero Lake Estates WCD, and that they were not intended to be urbanized areas or for residential purposes. He said the WCD's rights-of-way being discussed were not road rights-of-way, but canal and ditch rights-of-way. He emphasized that WCD's were not established to be road building or maintenance entities, and that the Florida Law prohibits WCD's from getting into the road business and taxing property owners for road work. Attorney O'Haire stated the FWCD had gone to Tallahassee to get broader powers enabled from the Legislature to go from a WCD or Drainage District to an Improvement District; however, it was vetoed by Governor Scott. He said the WCD's have always been willing to work with the County and that there were maintenance agreements in place. The Board sought and received information from Attorney O'Haire regarding access to rights-of-way, and going from a WCD to an Improvement District, which would be a long term solution. The Board added that staff could look into the following for a short term solution: 1) the additional mileage of roads that could be graded without adding a grader; and 2) whether the County could modify the Interlocal Agreement with the FCWD to incorporate the language that the County is to maintain select roads for canal, drainage and water management use. The following individuals spoke in support of the County grading the unpaved roadways in the unincorporated areas of Fellsmere: Karen Ledford, 14850 107th Street, Fellsmere, brought up that the Waste Management (WM) Trucks have created huge craters in the road and no emergency vehicles could access 107th Street. Attorney Reingold replied that under the WM Contract, they should not be traveling on sub-standard roads with huge trucks. He asked the residents to contact County staff in regards to WM trucks traveling on sub-standard roads, so they could address the issue. Kimberly Vecchio, 15355 95th Street, Fellsmere, voiced issue with the WM trucks and the inconvenience that no mail can be delivered on 95th Street. She expressed concern about the runoff from the unpaved roads Fellsmere Roads Workshop Page 3 June 27,2016