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Larry Braisted, Vero Beach City Attorney, invited the Board to <br />attend a workshop that the City has scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on <br />Wednesday, July 21, 1993. Various experts, none of whom are <br />associated with this project, will speak at that workshop. <br />Commissioner Macht.was uncertain whether the Board would be <br />able to attend the City's workshop because July 21 is the first day <br />of the County's budget workshops. <br />commissioner Eggert directed the County Attorney to prepare <br />the following letter to the City and to the Indian River Farms <br />Water Control District: <br />Honorable David Gunter, President <br />Indian River Farms Water Control District <br />4400 20th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32966 <br />Honorable Jay Smith, Mayor <br />City of Vero Beach <br />Post office Box 1389 <br />Vero Beach, FL 32961 <br />Re: CitX of Vero Beach Electrical Power Poles <br />Dear Mayor Smith: <br />The Board of County Commissioners has been contacted recently by <br />numerous property owners living adjacent to drainage district canal <br />rights of way on which the City of Vero Beach is presently constructing <br />electrical transmission lines. The residents have presented numerous <br />reports and studies which indicate the possibility of danger to them and <br />their children from electromagnetic fields generated by the power lines. <br />The residents 'also have complained about the aesthetics of large poles <br />close to their homes and about the danger from possible collapse of the <br />poles into . their backyards or onto their homes. <br />Since the regulation of electromagnetic fields has been preempted by the <br />State of ilorida, the scope for County Commission action to protect the <br />residents of the unincorporated area has been severely reduced. <br />Therefore, the Board of County Commissioners has authorized me to write <br />to you to express its deep concern about the threat to health and safety <br />caused by these transmission lines and to ask that you reconsider route <br />choices for line construction to avoid residential areas both for the <br />existing poles and for any future pole construction. <br />The County would also appreciate being advised of any subsequent plans <br />to construct such poles, since the County would then encourage the <br />holding of'appropriate public hearings so that the adjoining residents <br />will have an apportunity to protect their interests. <br />Sincerely, <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />, az' <br />Richard N. -Bird <br />Chairman <br />5-2 <br />1�� , � 4! *0, <br />t M11", <br />BOOK pmu.107Z <br />