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A CONTIGUOUS TO SEBASTIAN DID BUY THIS YEARS AGO AS COMMERCIAL, THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN AREA LEFT DOWN THERE TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO DEVELOP. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULA- TION INVOLVED IN BUYING LAND, AND HE WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE MAKING OR LOSING MONEY BUT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BEST UTILIZATION OF THE LAND. HE FELT THE BEST USE OF THE LAND IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AND WHAT IT COST THEM. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN HIS MIND THAT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL. COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT WHEN THAT PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED AS IT IS, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO KEEP IT COMMERCIAL. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT) TO HAVE A SKETCH DRAWN ON THE MAP THAT WOULD TAKE THE HOSPITAL ZONING AND CUT IT OFF TO STAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF U.S. 11 WOULD EXTEND THE COMMERCIAL BLOB A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH; AND WOULD PUT A COMMERCIAL BLOB ON THE WEST SIDE OF U.S. 1 JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN. ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED, FOR THE RECORD, 'IF HE WAS REFERRING TO THE LINES DRAWN ON THE MAP DATED MARCH 16, 1978. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED HE WAS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THE AREA REMOVED FROM THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT WILL RETURN TO MEDIUM DENSITY. COMMISSIONER DEESON COMMENTED THAT HE IS ONLY PARTIALLY IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BECAUSE HE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF EXPANSION OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AT ROSELAND ROAD AND U.S. 1. OTHER THAN THAT, HE STATED THAT HE COULD GO ALONG WITH THE REST. COMMISSIONER LOY FELT.THIS IS A GAME OF COMPROMISE AND SHE BELIEVED WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A COMPROMISE BY RESPONDING BOTH TO PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY_AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN ROSELAND WHO HAVE ASKED US TO CUT DOWN ON COMMERCIAL ZONING. CHAIRMAN WODTKE CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED, WITH COMMISSIONER DEESON VOTINd IN OPPOSITION. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER REFERRED TO THE ITEM JUST VOTED ON AND STATED HE WOULD LIKE AN OPINION FROM THE BOARD AS TO WHETHER THE 33 OCT 2 61978317 .