HomeMy WebLinkAbout11241987 MINUTES
SEBASTIAN CITY COUNCIL
WORKSHOP MEETING
TUESDAY~ NOVEMBER 24, 1987 - 2:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1225 MAIN STREET, SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
PRESENT: MAYOR L. GENE HARRIS, VICE MAYOR KENNETH ROTH, COUNCILMAN
GEORGE METCALF, JIM DAVIS - DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, ROBERT LLOYD, GARY ROBERTS, CHARLES NUGENT - LLOYD AND ASSOCIATES.
MAYOR HARRIS STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE
PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE PLAN FOR C.R. 512.
IN A PRELIMINARY PLAN DRAWN UP BY LLOYD AND ASSOCIATES, THE EXPANSION
WOULD START AT A POINT WEST OF SEBASTIAN LAKES AND CONTINUE EAST TO
U.S. 1. THERE WOULD BE TWO EAST AND TWO WEST BOUND LANES WITH A MEDIAN
STRIP IN THE MIDDLE. THE ROADS WOULD SEPARATE EAST OF SEBASTIAN ELE-
MENTARY SCHOOL WITH EASTBOUND TRAFFIC CONTINUING TO U.S. 1 WITH A FREE
FLOW RIGHT TURN LANE FROM C.R. 512 ON TO U.S. 1. WEST BOUND TRAFFIC
WOULD GO NORTH ON U.S. 1 TO A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ROAD STARTING ON THE
WEST SIDE BETWEEN MARTIN LANE AND CLEVELAND STREET WHICH WOULD CON-
TINUE WEST AND JOIN UP WITH C.R. 512 EAST OF THE SCHOOL.
ALTHOUGH OTHER ALTERNATIVES WERE DISCUSSED, THIS TWIN-PAIRS EXPANSION
WAS FAVORED BY BOTH MAYOR ttARRIS AND VICE MAYOR ROTH AS BEING THE LEAST
DISRUPTIVE TO EXISTING BUSINESSES.
THIS MATTER WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING ON
DECEMBER 2 FOR A DECISION.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:38 P.M.
Minutes were approved a't the Regular City Council Meeting on
December 9, 1987.