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14. COMMISSIONER ITEMS <br />14.A. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH E. FLESCHER - NONE <br />14.B. COMMISSIONER WESLEY S. DAVIS, VICE CHAIRMAN <br />14. B. 1. COUNTYSAFETYPROTOCOL FOR AUTOMOBILE VS. PEDESTRIAN <br />FATALITIES <br />Vice Chairman Davis related that he had received a Facebook post from a parent (whose <br />child had been fatally injured in an accident), who wanted to communicate with him about <br />improving road/sidewalk safety. He related that he has two primary issues that need to be <br />addressed: (1) how to enable the Board to keep up with the documents/public records that are <br />coming through online social networking services, such as Facebook; and (2) the need for a <br />thorough analysis of whether there are factors which may have contributed to or caused an <br />accident, and if so, what can be done to correct the safety hazard. <br />(Clerk's Note: Facebook is an online social networking website to which the Board <br />currently has no access in the County Administration Building.) <br />Director of Public Works Chris Mora explained that the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) <br />compiles all applicable data to produce a report, and that without reviewing that information, <br />staff would not be able to come to any conclusions about safety counter-measures that could be <br />used to prevent further accidents. <br />Vice Chairman Davis would like staff to come back, after reviewing the FHP data, with <br />analysis on whether a particular incident had simply been unpreventable, with no changes <br />necessary, or whether there was a specific contributor to said accident, in which case, safety <br />remedies would need to be applied. <br />November 19, 2013 22 <br />BK 144PG611 <br />