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Kenneth Daige <br />, a resident of the City of Vero Beach, encouraged everyone to try to <br />attend the “Livable Communities” meetings put on by FDOT. He requested the policy makers <br />allow more green space and not allow so many houses per acre. <br />Joe Paladin <br />, the Chairman of Growth Awareness Committee (private sector <br />committee), advised that County Commissioners have been working with the GAC for over a year <br />and a lot of those things have been accomplished by working together. The following have already <br />been addressed: green space, bikeways and sidewalks inside developments, additional buffer <br />requirements, landscaping on fencing, buffers and walls. As to density, a lot of these measures cut <br />density but just reducing the density does not make any development more pleasing or more <br />usable. The thought process was to control the growth through quality, not just reduce the density. <br />Mr. Daige <br />asked them to remember that once the building industry quiets down and <br />the developers are finished, there will be many residents here and there needs to be some kind of <br />job base with $25-$35 per hour pay. We will need more homes, roads, law enforcement, and fire <br />protection and he asked who is going to pay for that. <br />th <br />Freddie Woolfork <br />, 4590 57 Avenue, shared his concern for the children because <br />they are our future. He told of positive steps being taking in the Gifford area to get the kids off the <br />streets. A new program called “Front Line” targets middle and high school children to help them <br />set goals and stop thinking about bad role models in the media. Front Line wants to put something <br />in their heads and give them moral value training. There is a need to think about ways to stop <br />building more jails, but instead to build facilities where the children can be nurtured to help them <br />become productive citizens. <br />Mr. Paladin <br />, who owns Atlantic Coast Construction and Development, specified <br />that the GAC is also working on workforce and affordable housing. He explained the ideas and <br />plans they are exploring and will be bringing to the Board in the next few months. In working on <br />all these things, they are working to make this a totally better community. <br />Mr. Daige <br /> commented that when looking at making more roadways and adding to <br />the roadway system, wide lanes create speedways. More law enforcement will be needed to keep <br />November 14, 2005 14 <br /> <br />