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JUL 1993 BOOK 89 PAGF976 not a public hearing, just a discussion meeting. The residents hope to have an expert witness at that meeting to speak on the dangers of electromagnetic fields. Carolina Ginn of the Vero Beach City Council confirmed that the meeting scheduled for July 21 is a workshop meeting. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by commissioner Adams, that the Board again write to the City of Vero Beach expressing concern about this matter and also write to the Indian River Farms Water Control District asking them to revisit their permit approval because of health and safety problems, and have staff see what can be done about including something in the County ordinances to protect property owners,. such as increasing the distances from residences in the placement of poles. Commissioner Macht thought the most important question to ask is why the City abandoned the old route along U.S. #1, and if the answer is for reasons solely economical, then he felt that is the most productive thing to pursue. In addition, we should ask why they cannot reverse the current route. commissioner Eggert explained that her Notion was for the attorneys to put all this together in the two letters. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. The Motion was voted on and carried unanimously (4-0, Commissioner Tippin being absent). Mike Mezzina, 1943 SW Sunset Drive, explained that he lives along the canal and the high voltage transmission line will run along the rear of his home with a pole installed within 40 feet. They also have a 67,000 -volt line in front of their house. He believed that a power line in front of his home and a power line in the back of his home would create some kind of turbulence. They purchased their home in this area because that is what they could afford and they have built an addition onto it. They plan on having children but would not want to raise them in a place that would endanger their health. Donald Smith, resident of Timber Ridge, felt it is rewarding to have a County Commission sympathetic to the residents' problems. He noted that the proposed power line was first discovered by a lady who had just moved in and noticed two surveyors working in the rear yard of her house. She was very 20