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6 <br />0 <br />SHOULD HAPPEN TO HIM, THERE ARE NO ASSURANCES WHAT WILL HAPPEN. HE <br />FURTHER NOTED THAT MR. PADGETT KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE BOUGHT <br />THE PROPERTY, AND HIS IS NOT A HARDSHIP CASE. MR. MCALLISTER URGED <br />THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER THE VIEWS OF THE MANY CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED <br />THE PETITIONS OPPOSING THE CHANGE. <br />NINA HAYNES, OF SMUGGLERS COVE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD SPEAKING <br />FOR SMUGGLERS COVE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, AND STATED THEY ARE ALL <br />OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE. SHE FELT THAT ADLEY AND ASSOCIATES <br />WARNED AGAINST OVER -DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH.BEACH AREA AND NOTED THAT <br />THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO VALID REASONS TO CHANGE THE PLAN BECAUSE SOUTH <br />BEACH HAS BEEN GROWING AND DEVELOPING BEAUTIFULLY. MRS. HAYNES FELT <br />THE LAND USE PLAN IS WORKING VERY WELL AND SHOULD NOT BE THROWN ON THE <br />JUNK PILE JUST FOR ONE DEVELOPER WHO HAS NO MORE RIGHTS THAN ANYONE <br />ELSE, SHE STATED THAT IF HE IS ALLOWED TO DISTURB THE STATUS QUO, <br />DEVELOPERS WILL SPROUT LIKE MUSHROOMS, AND THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH BEACH <br />SHOULD BE ABLE TO RELY ON THE BOARD'S PROTECTION FROM TRULY COMMERCIAL <br />INTERESTS. <br />TOM WATKINS, OF 1361 WHITE HERON LANE IN THE DUNES, SPOKE <br />ON BEHALF OF 24 HOMEOWNERS AND STATED THEY FULLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE <br />VALID MAJOR POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE OTHER ASSOCIATIONS THIS <br />MORNING. HE NOTED THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FEW COUNTIES <br />THAT DOES NOT ALLOW HIGH DENSITY. IT IS UNInUE AND LOW KEY, AND THAT <br />IS WHY IT IS ATTRACTIVE. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE COUNTY TO GET AWAY <br />FROM HIGH DENSITY, AND HE URGED THE BOARD TO KEEP IT THAT WAY, <br />BOYNTON FLETCHER, 716 LIVE OAK LANE, FLORALTON BEACH, SPOKE <br />FOR THE FLORALTON BEACH ASSOCIATION, WHICH COMPRISES A GROUP OF ZS <br />HOMEOWNERS ALL STRONGLY OPPOSING ANY CHANGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND <br />USE PLAN. HE STATED THAT THE BOARD HAS HEARD MOST OF THE SOUND <br />REASONS PRESENTED FOR RETAINING THE LOW DENSITY, AND SPOKE OF THE <br />PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN EVACUATING THE BEACH IN CASE OF A HURRICANE. HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT STATE ROAD A -1-A WILL BECOME A DANGEROUS BOTTLENECK <br />IF THE AREA IS OVER -DEVELOPED. <br />MR, CRAWFORD AGAIN TOOK THE FLOOR AND STATED THIS WHOLE <br />PROCEEDING HAS THE FEELING OF A BROKEN RECORD. HE NOTED THAT IN 1973, <br />THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UNDER MR. VAL BRENNAN, AFTER CONSULTING <br />v, <br />I <br />