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4 <br />HE IS HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT DESTROYS THE <br />COMMERCIAL CHARACTER OF THAT AREA THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SO MANY <br />YEARS. MR. COOKSEY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HIMSELF OWNS SIX <br />RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN ROSELAND IN WAUREGAN AND HOPES TO LIVE THERE SOME <br />DAY. HE DID NOT FEEL THE COMMERCIAL ON U.S. I WILL HURT THE RESIDENTIAL <br />IN ANY WAY. MR. COOKSEY CONTINUED THAT THERE WAS A LONG COMPREHENSIVE <br />STUDY OF THE ZONING IN THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE ZONING PLANS <br />FOR THE COUNTY AND THE WHOLE AREA,AND IT WAS FELT THIS LAND WAS DESTINED <br />TO BE COMMERCIAL. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT PRECEDING THE ADOPTION OF THE <br />LAND USE PLAN, ADLEY & ASSOCIATES, AS WELL AS STUDY GROUPS, STUDIED <br />THIS AREA AND AGAIN CAME UP WITH A COMMERCIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE <br />LAND IN THIS AREA. IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY COMMERCIAL FOR MANY YEARS <br />AND HAS MAINTAINED ITS CHARACTER, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE INVESTED THEIR <br />MONEY IN RELIANCE ON THIS. ATTORNEY COOKSEY POINTED OUT THAT MRS. <br />HANSEN, IN FACT, SOLD PROPERTY WITH THE SPECIFIC AGREEMENT THAT IT <br />WOULD BE USED FOR A SHOPPING CENTER. HE STATED THAT THE COMMERCIAL <br />ZONING HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, AND TODAY, WITH THE POPULATION GROWING <br />IN THIS AREA AND ABLE TO SUSTAIN COMMERCIAL, YOU HAVE A MASTER PLAN <br />THAT SEEKS TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA. MR. COOKSEY CONTINUED <br />TO INFORM THE BOARD OF PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN.OVER THE YEARS AT A <br />LOT OF EXPENSE, FOR THE INTENT OF DEVELOPING COMMERCIALLY IN THIS AREA. <br />HE FELT THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD DESTROY THE CONCEPT OF LAND OWNERSHIP <br />FOR FUTURE USE, <br />ED SCHLITT, REALTOR, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SOME YEARS AGO <br />WINN DIXIE CAME TO HIM AND INDICATED THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PUTTING A <br />SMALL CENTER IN THE AREA OF SEBASTIAN. MR. SCHLITT STATED THAT HE PUT <br />TOGETHER AN INVESTMENT GROUP TO DO JUST THAT. WINN DIXIE INDICATED A <br />PREFERENCE FOR THE CORNER OF ROSELAND ROAD AND U.S. I, BUT HE WENT TO <br />THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE WHOLE <br />AREA. HE STATED THAT IT WAS PLANNER VAL BRENNAN'S RECOMMENDATION THAT <br />THE LAND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN WAS THE BEST SPOT, <br />NOT THE INTERSECTION OF ROSELAND AND U.S. I, WHICH WOULD ENCROACH ON <br />LAND MORE RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER. MR. SCHLITT CONTINUED THAT HIS <br />INVESTMENT GROUP WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, BUT THEIR IMMEDIATE <br />PLANS TO BUILD WERE SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED BY THE RECESSION. IN THE <br />27 <br />OCT 2 61978 7 fAa- <br />