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_ M has confused this situation. Areas outside the city that were previously to be serviced by them are now indefinite. A county -wide sewer and water system has been tabled and there is no binding agreement with the city to service any of the unincorporated areas of the county. We do not presently enjoy a county -wide fire protection program. There is only one fire station on the entire island. As it is municipally owned and administered, their first obligation is to city residents. Their ability to take on additional territory is suspect. A county -wide system could eventually solve this problem but progress toward this end has been painfully slow due to political and financial difficulties. These are only the most serious service problems and should in no way infer that they are the only problems we can anticipate. I shall not attempt to review the hours of testimony offered by single family property owners expept by way of summation. It is important to understand I considered it my responsibility to weigh the evidence as presented, assign it a value and make a judgment decision based on what I thought was in the best interests of our county. There is no question in my mind that a vast majority of the property owners in the South Beach area felt very strongly that this rezoning would not be the highest and best use for the land and would have a detrimental effect on their property. It was stated repeatedly that they had purchased homes in this area only after careful review of the existing zoning, obtaining assurances from every avail- able source that single family zoning would be continued, 1 F and an expression of confidence in elected officials that they would protect their interests. As this is all 1 •-,:m . .. .,.-e..e-.-.,.�..... - ,.aew.�.w....:..-,..�a....,.w..,s...�..rf�r...w....+�>,e�^�rSo'a°*or..., 1...c<