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u INTERIM, WINN DIXIE WENT. TO ANOTHER DEVELOPER, REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND IS NOW BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROSELAND ROAD AND U.S. 1. MR. SCHLITT NOTED THAT HIS GROUP CAN GO AHEAD AND DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY COMMERCIALLY AT.THE PRESENT TIME BECAUSE THE ZONING HAS NOT YET CHANGED, BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROPER 4 DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY, EVEN IF IT.MEANS A FINANCIAL LOSS TO THEM. MR. SCHLITT STATED THEY BELIEVE THAT BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE RAILROAD, THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IS UNDOUBTEDLY COMMERCIAL, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT LEFT THIS WAY, BUT IF IT IS THE COUNTY'S FEELINGS THAT THE CHANGE HAS TO BE MADE, THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THEY CAN JUSTIFY AS A PROPER WAY TO DEVELOP THIS LAND. HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED SUBJECT TO A GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT THAT.A SHOPPING CENTER WOULD BE DEVELOPED ON IT. HE DID NOT FEEL, HOWEVER, IT IS WISE PLANNING TO GO IN AND PUT JUST ANY COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COULD BE USED FAR MORE WISELY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A GROWING COMMUNITY. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE A GROUP TRYING TO DEVELOP IN THE RIGHT WAY GET SHUT OUT BEFORE THEY CAN GET THEIR PLANNING UNDER WAY. ED WARD, PRESIDENT OF THE ROSELAND PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. HE REGRETTED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE OUT TODAY AS THEY NORMALLY DO, BUT NOTED MOST OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE WORKING PEOPLE. SOME WERE HERE AT II:00 O'CLOCK AND, UNFORTUNATELY, HAD TO LEAVE WHEN THE DISCUSSION WAS DEFERRED TO A LATER HOUR. HE STATED HE WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN ONCE AGAIN, AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME, THE ATTITUDE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ROSELAND, AREA. HE NOTED THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENT AND NOT WHAT HAS BEEN HISTORICAL. THEY ARE CONCERNED IN THE ROSELAND AREA NOT ABOUT STOPPING THE GROWTH OF THE AREA, BUT CONTROLLING IT. THE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL AREA ALONG U.S. I HAS LONG BEEN MUCH TOO GREAT, AND ACCORDING TO FIGURES GIVEN OUT AT ONE OF THE HEARINGS, THERE WAS ENOUGH AREA SET ASIDE AS COMMERCIAL TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO THE YEAR 2000. MR. WARD STATED IF THE AREA IS ALLOWED TO GROW BEYOND THE CURRENT PLAN, IT WILL OVERTAX ROSE - LAND ROAD, WHICH IS A TWO-LANE FEEDER ROAD, AND IT WILL CHANGE THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE AND CHARACTER OF THE TOWNSITE OF ROSELAND. IN REGARD TO THE QUESTION .OF BUILDING ENTERPRISES AROUND THE HOSPITAL, HE FELT 28 @ f*� 144 261978 J