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THE INSTITUTIONAL AREA 'THAT IS SPECIFIED WOULD ALLOW MEDICAL BUILDINGS AND HOSPITAL -RELATED ACTIVITIES. MR. WARD FELT THE PLAN THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON A HISTORICAL BASIS WAS A PLAN BASICALLY OF THE INVESTORS IN THAT AREA, MOST OF WHOM ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE AREA, AND HE FELT THE RESIDENTS OF THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY SHOULD HAVE MORE SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR AREA. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ZONING, AS PROPOSED, IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED IF PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE THE TROUBLE TO GO THROUGH THE RED TAPE, AND GET THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA BEHIND THEM AS NEEDS DEVELOP, HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THESE AREAS WERE ZONED COMMERCIAL FOR MANY YEARS, AND THOSE WHO ARE NOW OBJECTING HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WITH THEM IN ALL THAT TIME. MR. WARD STATED THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE ROSELAND AREA ARE LOOKING TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR DESIRES AND NEEDS, AND TO GUIDE, THROUGH THE ZONING PROGRAM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA SO IT WILL NOT GET BEYOND THE UTILITIES AND FACILITIES OF THE AREA. MR. WARD. THEN SPOKE OF THE DELAY OF PUTTING IN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT ROSELAND ROAD WHICH IS BADLY NEEDED AND NOW IS EVEN MORE URGENTLY NEEDED. HE STATED ANY FURTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA WILL JUST ADD TO THIS PROBLEM. JOHN MOORE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT HE IS ONE OF THE INVESTORS IN THE PROPERTY BEING DISCUSSED, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF SEBASTIAN, BORDERED BY SHADY REST, A TRAILER PARK, ON THE NORTH; U.S. I ON THE EAST; AND THE RAILROAD ON THE WEST. HE STATED THAT MR. WARD HAS IMPLIED THAT THE INVESTORS WERE THE ONES WHO DEVELOPED THE PLAN, BUT NOTED THAT ON THE CONTRARY, THE INVESTORS WENT TO THE PLANNING OFFICE AND ASKED FOR ADVICE ON THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS. HE STATED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ITSELF RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL ACREAGE BE HELD IN COMMERCIAL, BUT SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS HELD BY ROSELAND CITIZENS REQUESTED FURTHER REDUCTION OF THAT ACREAGE, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. MR. MOORE NOTED THAT IT IS NOT THEIR DESIRE TO GO INTO THIS AREA AND MUTILATE IT IN ANY FASHION AND FELT IF THEY DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE SHORT TIME STILL ALLOWED, .IT WOULD BE BADLY DEVELOPED AND THE POOREST USE OF THE PROPERTY. HE CONTINUED THAT THE CONCEPT IS THAT YOU PAY THE PRICE FOR LAND THAT IS COMMERCIALLY ZONED AND LAND BANK IT FOR THE FUTURE. GOOD LONG RANGE PLANNING DICTATES 29 .l� fwwlO OCT 2 � �9�� a J