HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-047BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Peter D. O`Bryan
Chairman
District 4
Wesley S. Davis
Vice Chairman
District 1
Senator Joe Negron
412 Senate Office Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee FL 32399-1100
April 8, 2014
Re: All Aboard Florida - Delay Funding for Quiet Zones
Dear Senator Negron,
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Joseph E. Flescher
District 2
Tim Zorc
District 3
Bob Solari
District 5
The Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County is concerned that the State
of Florida will be funding the proposed All Aboard Florida project which will be
negatively impacting the citizens of Indian River County, St. Lucie County and Martin
County without giving the public a better opportunity to understand the issue.
At this time very little information has been made available to the residents and elected
officials of Indian River County about the project. Because so little information has been
made available there is a great deal of speculation about the finances of the project, the
financial burden that it will place on taxpayers at the Federal, State and local levels and
most importantly the damage that the project may do to the health and safety of our
communities.
Given this, the Board of County Commissioners is asking that you remove any funding
for quiet zones from this year's budget. This will give our communities the time to
understand the project and hopefully get the information that they need to have a
rational basis to either give or withhold their support for this project
We believe that this delay, necessary for elected officials to perform their due diligence
is the right thing in a free society such as ours. In what is supposed to be an open and
transparent society our residents and elected officials should have all available
information available to them, before elected officials at any level provide any support
for what we were initially told was to be a private project paid for with private funds
1801 27th Street, Building A
Vero Beach, FL 32960
(772) 226-1490
Senator Joe Negron
April 8 2014
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Again, because of the complexity of the issue, the Indian River County Board of County
Commissioners respectfully requests the State of Florida strike any potential funding for
the Quiet Zones from the current budget to allow time for the public to fully understand
the ramifications of this proposal
We are looking forward to your support on this issue.
Peter D. O'Bryan
Chairman, District 4
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