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M ALFA HOME COMMUNITIES,.REPRESENTED BY L.R. SCHMIDT AND EARL OWENS, ENGINEER APPEARED REQUESTING TENTATIVE APPROVAL FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM C-1 COMMERCIAL AND R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO R -IPM PERMANENT MOBILE HOME DISTRICT OF APPROXIMATELY 120 ACRES IN THE WABASSO AREA. THE ADMINISTRATOR INFORMED -MR. OWENS OF THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED. A ZONING CHANGE CAN ONLY BE GRANTED IF ALL RE- QUIREMENTS ARE FULLFILLED BEFORE THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN INFORMED MR. OWENS THAT HIS FEELINGS ARE SUCH THAT IF THIS REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE IS BROUGHT UP AT A PUBLIC HEARING, HE WOULD BE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WOULD ALSO OPPOSE THIS ZONING CHANGE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THE REQUEST OF_A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING CHANGE, AS REQUESTED BY ALFA HOME COMMUNITIES. COMMISSIONER BOGOSIAN STATED IHE FOLLOWING REASONS ARE THE BASIS FOR MY SECONDING THE ABOVE MOTION: WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY INADEQUATE HOSPITAL FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE ANY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN POPULATION. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM,AT THE PRESENT TIME,IS INADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHILDREN NOW ATTENDING SCHOOL. FIRE PROTECTION IS INADEQUATE IN MOST OF THE COUNT, AT -THE PRESENT TIME. WATER AND SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY IS INADEQUATE. BASICALLY, IT IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD THAT ALL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES ARE EXTENDED TO THE POINT THAT THEY CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE PEOPLE NOW IN THE COUNTY." MR. W.L. MCLENDON, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR CONGRESSMAN BAFALIS APPEARED REQUESTING OFFICE SPACE IN THE COURTHOUSE ONE DAY A WEEK FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS. MR. MCLENDON SUGGESTED WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 9-11 O'CLOCK A.M. THE CHAIRMAN TURNED THIS REQUEST OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR AND HE WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH MR MCLENDON. -5- FEB 7 1973 ^ w -t rl oocx o r'; i c, a3