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ROBERT FLECKENSTEIN APPEARED AND ASKED IF HE MIGHT SPEAK IN REGARD TO THE OLD HIBISCUS AIRPORT MATTER. MR. FLECKENSTEIN STATED THAT THE PROPERTY MR. ORTH HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN FORECLOSED ON. THE BUYERS OF THIS PROPERTY HAD PROMISED TO DEVELOP IT AT A DENSITY OF 8 OR 9 UNITS PER ACRE. Now, HOWEVER, A NEW BUYER COULD LEGALLY DEVELOP IT AT 15 UNITS PER ACRE, AND THIS IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ARE OBJECTING TO. MUCH DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS SAME PROBLEM HAS ARISEN IN OTHER AREAS ALSO AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO REFER THEM TO THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER STUDY, ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ASK THE ZONING COMMISSION TO RESTUDY THE'HIBISCUS AIRPORT PROPERTY AND SEA OATS PROPERTY, KEEPING IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY OF REZONING THEM DOWN TO A CLASSIFICATION BASED ON THE DENSITY AS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW ZONING ORDINANCE, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SUGGESTED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS BE NOTIFIED OF THE BOARD'S ACTION, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM ATTORNEY COLLINS A WATER PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1975, RROM.ATTORNEY CHARLES HERRING, AND THAT HE HAD SENT COPIES OF BOTH THE OLD AND THE UP -DATED WATER PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO MR. CLAUDE GREENE OF GAINESVILLE AND ASKED FOR HIS WRITTEN COMMENTS, WHICH HE HAS NOT RECEIVED AS YET. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MASSEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JWODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL REQUESTED BY GEORGE STOKES, VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MID- WINTER CONFERENCE OF ALL COUNTY VETERAN SERVICE OFFICERS TO BE HELD AT ST. PETERSBURG WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1975 THROUGH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1975. -92- SEP 2 41975 enok 23 411