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TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1954 The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County met at the Courthouse at Vero Beach, Indian River County, in a regular meeting at 9:00 o'clock A. M. Tuesday, November 2, 1954, with the following members present: Commissioners W. C. Graves, Jr., Chair- man, Aubrey L. Waddell, J. J. P. Hamilton, H. C. Watts and Allison Warren. Also present were . E. E. Carter, Road & Bridge Superintendent, S. N. Smith, Jr., Attorney, Sam T. Joyce, Sheriff, and Douglas Baker, Clerk. Minutes of September 7th were read and approved upon motion of Commissioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried. Minutes of October 5th meeting were read and approved upon motion.of Comm-. issioner Warren, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton and carried. Minutes of October 11th meeting were read and approved upon motion of Comm- issioner Waddell, seconded by Commissioner Warren and carried. Minutes of October 13th meeting were read and approved upon motion of Comm- issioner Hamilton,.seconded by Commissioner Watts and carried. Miss McCloud, new child welfare worker,for Indian River County, met with the Board and gave a report as to the Child t1lelfare activities and stated there were approximately twenty-three childred in Indian River County who come under the child welfare program and/or were receiving benefit from same. Mr. Lee DeLoach and Mr. H. B. Holley from the Blue Cypress Camp, met with the Board and discussed the possibilities of a lease on some of the land owned by the County, also as to the possibilities of constructing two cabins located over the water between the land owned by the County abd the present fishing camp building. It was decided that further consideration be given these matters by both parties, and that Messrs. DeLoach and Holley would meet with the Board again in the near future. Rev. Jackson together with Mr. Broxton appeared as a committee representing the Wabasso Civic Planning Board, and requested the Board of County Commissioners to under- write four projects as follows: 1. Place a light in frount of each Church in the Wabasso Colored area. 2. Construct a road from the Wabasso Elementary School to the Cemetery, also repair and fix the present road with grade ditches on both sides. 3. Dig a ditch for drainage,ccounty to keep same cleaned outlregarding Sebastian River Drainage District deal. 4. Place reduce speed signs and school zone signs in the Wabasso School area. E. E. Carter Road & Bridge Superintendent to place and install the signs. The Board agreed to underwrite these projects with the understanding that any bills for future maintenance and operation relating to lights be paid by the Wabasso Civic Planning Board. It was also called to the Board's attention that another road leading along North of the Blue Goose quarters needed to be opened up so people could get in and out of said quarters. The Board agreed to do this as soon as possible. It was also brought to the Board's attention that there is another road approx- imately X. miles East of Lateral "A" which had been established by usage and had been used for 15 years for which the County had never obtained right of way. It was also noted that there were about four houses and nine lots involved where owners and occupants could not get in and out unless through other peoples yards and private property and that there is about 300 feet of read and culvert that needs to be built and installed inorder to solve the problem, E. E. Carter, Road and Bridge Superintendent was instructed to investigate these matters and report back to the Board. [1 1 0 1 0 1 1 10