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6 <br />THE PEOPLE IN THOSE AGENCIES ARE ANTI -GROWTH. HE CONTINUED THAT HE <br />IS CONFIDENT MR. PADGETT'S INTENTIONS ARE PERFECTLY UPRIGHT, BUT IT IS <br />A LONG WAY DOWN THE ROAD TO GET THE APPROVAL. MANY DEVELOPERS HAVE <br />THROWN UP THEIR HANDS AND DECIDED NOT TO FIGHT THE BATTLE, AND THAT'S <br />WHEN THE VULTURES COME IN AND BUY THE PROPERTY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT MR. PUTNAM'S IMPACT EVALUATIONS <br />WERE BASED ON 420 UNITS. HE ASKED IF MULTIPLE UNITS CREATE AS MUCH <br />COST IMPACT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. <br />MR. PUTNAM AGREED THAT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE <br />BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE ROADS, MORE UTILITY LINES, ETC. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES MR. PUTNAM <br />THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE TO GENERATE THE SAME IMPACT AS THE 420 MULTIPLE <br />UNITS. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE FIGURES USED FOR PEOPLE PER UNIT, <br />AND MR. PUTNAM USED THE FIGURES OF 2.5 FOR MULTIPLE UNITS AND 3.5 FOR <br />SINGLE FAMILY. THE CHAIRMAN FELT THE 2.5 FOR MULTIPLE WAS RATHER HIGH. <br />MR. PUTNAM NOTED THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PLAN AND ASSUME <br />THE WORST POSSIBLE SITUATION THAT COULD DEVELOP. <br />DR. ORMAN FELT ON THE SOUTH BEACH THE SAME'CHARACTERISTICS <br />WILL PREVAIL IN EITHER MULTI OR SINGLE FAMILY UNITS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF*HE KNEW OF ANY COUNTY IN THE <br />STATE OF FLORIDA THAT HAS A LOWER DENSITY THAN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. <br />DR. ORMAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY THAT HAS LOWER, <br />BUT FELT PALM BEACH HAS THE SAME. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ANALOGIES <br />MADE TO FT. LAUDERDALE, AND HE DID NOT FEEL IT IS FAIR OR REALISTIC <br />TO COMPARE THE POTENTIAL HERE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FT. LAUDERDALE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT DR. ORMAN HAS AGREED <br />SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IS A GREAT DEAL MORE EXPENSIVE <br />IN THE WAY OF ROADS AND UTILITIES, ETC. HE ASKED IF THEY WOULD ALSO <br />AGREE THAT MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AFFORDS A LOT MORE FREEDOM OF <br />CHOICE IN SCATTERING YOUR UNITS OR PULLING THEM TOGETHER. HE FELT THE <br />SINGLE FAMILY TYPE RESIDENCES ARE REALLY FROZEN IN BLOCK TYPE SITUATIONS. <br />DR, ORMAN FELT THERE IS MORE FREEDOM OF DESIGN FOR THE OVERALL <br />PROJECT WITH MULTI FAMILY, BUT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ALLOWS THE <br />INDIVIDUAL TO PLAN THE UNIT TO SUIT HIS OWN NEEDS. <br />23 <br />7 1 <br />