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ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD THAT DR. HENRY <br />FISCHER IS PROPOSING TO DIG A LAKE IN THIS SUBDIVISION AND SURROUND IT <br />WITH LOTS OF APPROXIMATELY ONE ACRE IN SIZE; EACH LOT TO HAVE RIPARIAN <br />RIGHTS OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. THIS PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY ZONED <br />PARTLY C -L AND PARTLY AGRICULTURAL. MR. BERG CONTINUED THAT THE SUBDIVI- <br />SIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVED IT FOR THE DIGGING OF THE LAKE AND AS A <br />MINING AREA SUBJECT T.0 THE C-1 PORTION OF THE PROPERTY BEING REZ^NED TO <br />AGRICULTURAL. HE NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WOULD FALL IN LINE <br />WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN AS IT IS LOW DENSITY AND STATED THAT <br />AFTER THE MINING OPERATION IS COMPLETED, THEY WOULD RECOMMEND REZONING IT <br />TO R-lE, WHICH REQUIRES ONE ACRE LOTS. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REZONED AS <br />AGRICULTURAL ONLY ALLOWS ONE HOUSE FOR EVERY FIVE ACRES, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLY JUST THE AREA TO BE <br />MINED SHOULD BE REZONED AGRICULTURAL. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS A <br />CONTROL OVER THE AMOUNT OF FILL THAT CAN BE MINED, AND IF THEY WISHED TO <br />DO ANY ADDITIONAL DIGGING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE MINING <br />REVIEW BOARD. <br />VAL BRENNAN, COUNTY PLANNER, STATED THAT THIS PROPERTY BORDERS <br />ON SEBASTIAN HIGHLANDS AND NOTED THAT MAYOR CRAGG OF SEBASTIAN HAS STATED <br />THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT MAYOR CRAGG'S ACTUAL STATEMENT <br />WAS THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION "AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY DOES NOT REMAIN <br />AGRICULTURAL," AND NOTED THAT WE CANNOT MAKE THIS STIPULATION. <br />JOSEPH LEDDY OF EDWARD DRIVE, SEBASTIAN, APPEARED REPRESENTING <br />DR. FISCHER AND STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE MINING BOARD AND <br />WILL BE ABLE TO GET APPROVAL FOR A PERMIT. HE ALSO INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT THE LAKE IS INTENDED FOR A SWIMMING LAKE AND SO WILL BE KEPT IN GOOD <br />SHAPE, AND THERE WILL BE ONE ACCESS ROAD INTO THE LAKE FOR EMERGENCY <br />SITUATIONS. MR. LEDDY FURTHER NOTED THAT THE MINING OPERATION WILL TAKE <br />ABOUT NINE MONTHS, AND THEY HAVE OFFERED TO SUPPLY SOME FILL FOR THE <br />COUNTY SCHOOL. HE ASSURED THE BOARD THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BUILT AS <br />HE INTENDS TO LIVE THERE HIMSELF. <br />29 <br />�+oor 26 <br />