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• The Final EIS was scheduled for April 2014. As can be seen the project is already 4 to 5 months behind their schedule for the draft EIS. Not until the draft EIS becomes a public document will anyone really know the details of the railroad's proposed design. From this _point -the city will be able to see the design -details -and will be able to determine impacts and what additional mitigation measures they feel are necessary for So, what can IRC do? • If you have crossings under your jurisdiction and want to consider homless-crossings, do- preliminary scoping work on crossing designs for a hornless system, with major consideration to defining the reasons that IRC needs a hornless system, if that is important to the county. You may also want to provide communication with towns within the county who desire hornless crossings. • After the Draft EIS is published, study the design and the rationale for the design, in detail. •-- Determine specific parts of the design that will need to be changed, in your opinion, to protect the citizens of IRC along with facts a figures (hard data) which justify any changes requested. • Participate very actively in the EIS and Section 106 hearings. With the goal of improving the project on behalf of the citizens of IRC. Given sufficient hard data and facts, some of the things that could possibly be considered in the EIS hearings are: •__ Additional noise mitigation • Is a hornless system • A station stop on the Treasure Coast. (This would seem to be tough, but I believe a strong business case can be made for a mid -coast stop to feed tourists to this area and resources such as the hotels, beaches and the Dodger Town complex as well as the facilities in towns the county). It would also give a convenient public transportation option for travel between the Treasure Coast and the major airports of Orlando and West Palm Beach. A single stop for at least some trains would delay the train very little, but could pay massive dividends to the tourist related businesses in the area and could generate much financial benefit to the Treasure Coast. If this is desired the necessary work must be done to develop the business case for a Treasure Coast stop so that it can be woven into the railroads business case. SmeadSoft Reprint Date: Wednesday, December 14,2016 - 11:57:44 - 8CC:1826, Attachment Id 1, Page 189