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Community Development Director Bob Keating, through a PowerPoint presentation and <br />recap of the background memorandum of November 4, 2009, provided description, conditions, <br />and analysis of SR 60 Vero L.L.C.'s request to rezone 19.98 acres located south of State Road 60 <br />and approximately 1,350 feet west of 58th Avenue, from RM -6, Multiple -Family Residential (up <br />to 6 units/acre) to RM -8, Multiple -Family Residential (up to 8 units/acre). He said that it makes <br />sense to put a residential project in this area, where residents can walk to shopping, employment, <br />and Indian River State College. Director Keating thereafter conveyed the recommendations of <br />both the Planning and Zoning Commission and staff for Board approval of the rezoning request. <br />Director Keating responded to Commissioner Davis's questions about the possibility of <br />mixed use zoning in the subject area. <br />The Chairman opened the Public Hearing. <br />Caroline Corum (no address provided) opposed the rezoning, believing that building <br />more residential units would be detrimental to the County's economy. She did not understand <br />why developers were coming into the County when there were so many unsellable vacant homes. <br />Joseph Paladin, President Black Swan Consulting, supported the rezoning. He felt that <br />the subject property, surrounded by a lot of commercial development, was a great place for <br />increased density, and thought that the County should build -out inside the urban service line to <br />the maximum capacity permitted (without giving up buffers and setbacks), in order to preserve <br />the agricultural land and protect the Urban Service Line. <br />Bruce Barkett, representing SR 60 Vero LLC. advised Mrs. Corum that the property <br />owner was not a new developer; they have had the subject property for ten years. He also noted <br />that the rezoning would serve as a precursor for the mixed use zoning district on which County <br />staff is working. <br />14 <br />November 17, 2009 <br />