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than a 200' so that the land on either side is not as seriously impacted. She showed a sketch <br />of what that area might look like for an entrance to the city. Next. she showed photographs <br />of how the commercial section looks today and sketches of how future commercial <br />properties could look with additional landscaping. She suggested and showed sketches of <br />tree placement. Curb and gutter is very expensive and does not make sense for the entire <br />length of SR 512, but would make sense at the main intersections, such as Easy Street, <br />Barber, and Roseland. Trees and other plants would also enhance the intersections and allow <br />drivers to know something special is going to happen. After consulting with everyone, they <br />propose to change the configuration of the next section known as "the fork". This would <br />enable neighborhoods to be joined and allow for additional development. The land between <br />the roadways is known to be very beautiful but has not been developed because it sits in the <br />middle of the two roads. Finally, she discussed the US 1 intersection and the proposed <br />improvements. This plan allows the City of Sebastian to come to the County for exactly the <br />number of trees they would like and other improvements. <br />In response to Commissioner Adams' inquiry about cost, Mr Moore realized this <br />appeared to be a very ambitious plan but possible. <br />Mr. Moore advised that they were merely asking the County to work with the City of <br />Sebastian to come up with a viable plan. He suggested that it could start with planting trees <br />and other vegetation in the medians as well as in the rights-of-way for beautification. The <br />vast majority of this plan involves the private sector and private development and is being <br />incorporated into the City's LDRs. Before they can talk about substantive costs, they have <br />in mind to keep this affordable and realistic. The cost that Commissioner Adams inquired <br />about would have to be determined. <br />Commissioner Adams commented that the plan to beautify CR 512 goes back many <br />years. When the CR 512 corridor was 4-laned in the early 1990's, there was a lot of <br />March 6, 2001 <br />OKI <br />84 <br />PG 343 <br />