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with the Fender's representatives as directed at the last meeting and offered them the right of ingress and egress across the Grave's property on an exchange basis. Concerning drainage, he advised that Graves had purchased all the property from Deerfield Groves about 15-18 years ago. There was an existing drain pipe on the property that carried water from the west of the FEC Railroad down the south side of CR510; on the west side of the tracks it comes north under CR510, then under the tracks, and then goes into a pipe under that property and empties somewhere out toward US/11. Some of that pipe has collapsed in the last 3-4 months. He has been talking with Public Works about correcting that situation and will proceed to do it in the near future. He strongly recommended the abandonment for safety reasons if nothing else Pat Mills, 4655 Bridge Blvd., advised that she was born on the property and was opposed to abandonment of this section of Old Dixie Highway because traffic problems would be exacerbated. She questioned Mr. Grave's concern for Wabasso because his property and buildings are not properly maintained on this corridor road. Sarah Fender, 8801 South Indian River Drive, Ft. Pierce, is the owner of the pie - shaped piece of property. If the section of Old Dixie Highway is abandoned, the owner or lessee of her property would be unable to compete with the gas station across the street. She urged the Board to keep the roadway open. Brian Heady asserted that the County should not enrich one taxpayer nor cause a loss to another. He suggested that if the County is going to abandon the roadway, they should divide the right-of-way between the two property owners and give half of it to each one. Consider both property owners. But, if the Board does abandon it, then allow the taxpayers to receive a benefit. September 3, 2002 58 •