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4 <br />b <br />I <br />MR. PUTNAM INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS RESEARCHED THE <br />COUNTY BUDGET AND TRIED TO ESTIMATE THE EXPANSION OF SERVICES THAT <br />WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND ALSO TRIED TO <br />CONVERT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED ON BOTH SIDES INTO <br />SOME SUBSTANTIVE CALCULATIONS, MR. PUTNAM FIRST SPOKE OF THE FISCAL <br />r <br />IMPACT AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE USED 420 MULTI—FAMILY-UNITS <br />FOR HIS CALCULATIONS, WHICH IS CLOSE TO WHAT MR. PADGETT IS PROPOSING. <br />HE STATED THAT IN USING ACCEPTED PLANNING STANDARDS, HE DEVELOPED THAT <br />THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND THE UNITS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD CAUSE <br />THE FOLLOWING IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY: SCHOOLS WOULD NEED TO BE EXPANDED <br />FOR AN ADDITIONAL 250; LOCAL PARKS WOULD NEED TO BE EXPANDED THREE <br />ACRES; COMMUNITY PARKS WOULD NEED TO BE EXPANDED THREE ACRES; ROADS <br />USING COMBINED COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC OF, ROUGHLY, 15,000 VEHICLES <br />A DAY WOULD CAUSE A NEED TO EXPAND A -1—A FROM THE CITY LIMIT DOWN TO <br />AT LEAST SEA GROVE OR THE MOORINGS; SEWER AND WATER WOULD REQUIRE ROUGHLY <br />150,000 GALLONS PER DAY ADDITIONAL. THERE WOULD BE A NEED TO EXPAND <br />FIRE, POLICE AND MEDICAL SERVICES AND, IN GENERAL, THERE WOULD BE A <br />REQUIRED EXPANSION IN THE BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT HE ESTIMATED WOULD <br />BE ANOTHER 1,000 PEOPLE WHO COULD BE ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY. HE NOTED <br />THAT THE ISSUE OF WATER FOR THE SOUTH BEACH STILL REMAINS UP IN THE <br />AIR, AND STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THERE IS A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF <br />CONNECTIONS THAT CAN BE PROVIDED AND THAT THEY ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO <br />TAKE CARE OF THE GROWTH THAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW. HE FELT THAT BY MAKING <br />A CHANGE, THE BOARD WOULD BE MAKING A STATEMENT THAT THEY WISHED TO <br />EXPAND*THE FACILITIES FOR WATER TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL DENSITY IN <br />THE SOUTH BEACH AREA, AND IT APPEARS THERE WOULD BE A MAJOR INVESTMENT <br />REQUIRED IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. <br />MR. PUTNAM CONTINUED THAT THE*SECOND ASPECT, AND MOST IMPORTANT <br />ONE, IS NOT SO MUCH IN THE AREA•OF BUDGET AS IT IS THE IMPACT THAT THIS <br />WILL HAVE ON THE TREND OF LAND USE IN THE AREA. HE NOTED THAT THE BOARD <br />HAD HEARD EVERYONE IS COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE AND HE FELT THAT IT IS THE <br />MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. MR. PUTNAM STATED THAT <br />HE IS FROM FT. LAUDERDALE AND IS A LAND USE AND ZONING CONSULTANT TO <br />PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, HIS JOB IS TO OBTAIN ZONING CHANGES FOR PRIVATE <br />DEVELOPERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS TO MR. PADGETT,AND MANY OF THE ARGUMENTS <br />12 <br />f <br />