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AUG <br />CLIFF REUTER, REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS, APPEARED AND <br />STATED THAT THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE AREA WEST OF 1-95 SOUTH OF <br />OSLO ROAD AND THAT THE OWNERS ARE REQUESTING REZONING FROM AGRICULTURE <br />TO R -1E COUNTRY ESTATE DISTRICT, THE OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PLANS <br />TO PUT THIS SUBDIVISION ON RECORD, AND TO EVENTUALLY BUILD HOMES FOR <br />THEMSELVES:IN THIS SUBDIVISION, <br />ROBERT BERG, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR, STATED THAT THEY HAVE <br />HAD TWO REQUESTS OF RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER IN THIS AREA, AND THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT RAN A SMALL IMPACT ANALYSIS, THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT RAN <br />A SOIL SURVEY, AND IT STATES THIS AREA COULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DRAINAGE <br />AND THAT THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA. THE POLICE DEPART- <br />MENT'AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ASKED TO COMMENT ON PROTECTION FOR <br />THIS AREA, AND A LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM SHERIFF JOYCE. tT ISS HIS <br />OPINION THAT THIS COULD PRODUCE DISASTEROUS RESULTS WITH REGARD TO LAW <br />ENFORCEMENT AS BOTH REMOTE SITES AND LIMITED ACCESS WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM. <br />THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT A FIRE STATION SHOULD BE LOCATED <br />CLOSER TO THE AREA - WITHIN FIVE MILES - OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT <br />BE ABLE TO SERVE THE AREA IN A PROPER MANNER, <br />MR, RON HUDSON, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY, STATED THAT <br />THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DOES PATROL THE AREA BECAUSE IT IS IN A CITRUS <br />AREA, THERE ARE SOME VERY EXPENSIVE HOMES IN THE AREA OF 90TH AVENUE, <br />AND THEY ARE GETTING FIRE AND POLICE PROTECTION, MR. HUDSON FURTHER SAID <br />THEY HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA AND HAVE WORKED <br />HARD FOR IT. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT THE BOARD WILL WEIGH THE SHERIFF'S <br />AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S COMMENTS, BUT ANYBODY WHO MAKES THE CHOICE TO <br />LIVE IN A REMOTE AREA KNOWS FULL WELL THAT THE SERVICES ARE NOT THE SAME <br />AS IF THEY LIVED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. <br />A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY, TO GRANT THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY FROM AGRICUL- <br />0 1975 <br />TURE TO R -1E AS PRESENTED BY CLIFF REUTER, <br />- 60 - <br />800I <br />3 PAGE28 <br />