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approval. They are hopeful that the north side and south side will be approved in succession so that they can begin working to complete first phase simultaneously. Dr. Johnathan Day opened the floor for public comment Mr. Tom Sullivan of 4187 W. 16th Square, Vero Beach, FL 32967, asked Mr. Sweeney to pull up his presentation and asked why the land wasn't being used for the zoned purposes. Mr. Sullivan voiced his concerns with regards to 37th Street and the segment of 41St Street and questioned what plans the County had to address this issue. He questioned if the road on 41St Street between Indian River Drive and US -1 could be expanded at this time. Mr. William DeBraal responded stating that if the traffic studies warranted it, then yes there is a possibility for an expansion of the. roads, but not at this time. Mr. Robert Luperi of 1311 Lilly's Cay Circle, Vero Beach, FL 32967, voiced his concern over the traffic delays, accidents, and safety of the driveways connecting the development and Lilly's Cay. Mr. Luperi state that Staff needs to rethink the deve opmerrt-pla , of a single lane road. Mr. L er q stioned the price point of the ho s statin t at 00,0 Ota i ome and this development coul possiblylb Jng�dv,d�pv,,er-�,$ proptjvail Z4 Qt: hi taxes increase. Ms. Carolkil Jordan 143- W. 16'� Square; Vero Beac , FL 32967, voiced her concerns a o is - 41St S^,1treet. �re-r�ef "jed arti I� at was written in the TC Palm on October 20, 2020 by Janet Bagley about the 24 acres that the City of Vero Beach annexed to be able to put in 200 units that are at 41 st Street and Indian River Blvd. The traffic study performed discussed in that report stated that for 200 units the vehicle trips per day would increase by 1,028. That project is currently being approved to be built. Ms. Jordan listed other developments that are "in the process of being built that will add hundreds of vehicle trips per day. Ms. Jordan asked the Commission to reconsider not just relying on 11 th Drive to be the ingress and egress from the complex to dump out on 41St Street. Mr. Robert Kanner of 4120 E. 16th Square, Vero Beach, FL 32967, voiced his concern of the lack of lighting on 41 st Street and asked if there were any plans to add lighting to the street. Mr. Sweeney responded that there are pans to add light internally to the project, but not on 41St Street. Mr. Kanner reminded the Commission of a railroad crossing on US -1 and how that will affect traffic. Mr. Rick VanLith of Cleveland Clinic Indian River, asked about the internal road 12th court coming off of 37th street in the interim solution. Mr. Sweeney 70