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CHAIRMAN WODTKE NEXT BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF CHANGING THE <br />RESTRICTION ON FILL IN SAN SEBASTIAN SPRINGS, OWNED BY DR. JOHN ASHBY <br />AND DR. HENRY FISCHER. <br />DR. FISCHER AND DR. ASHBY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND DR'..FISCHER <br />STATED THAT THIS PROPERTY, CONSISTING OF 179 ACRES, WAS PURCHASED IN <br />1972 AND HAD AN AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTION. HE COMMENTED THAT AFTER THE <br />EXEMPTION WAS LOST, THEIR TAXES WENT TO $17,000 AND THEY WERE FORCED <br />INTO DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY, HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THEY HAD THEIR <br />PROJECT DESIGNED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN GROUP IN ORLANDO, WHICH USED <br />A CONCEPT UNIQUE IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. DR. FISCHER EXPLAINED <br />THEY HAVE LETTERS FROM THE FLORIDA GAME AND FISH COMMISSION STATING THE <br />CONCEPT USED IN DESIGNING THIS PROJECT MET THE STATE, FEDERAL AND FLOOD <br />CONTROL REQUIREMENTS. HE COMMENTED THAT FORMER PLANNER VAL BRENNAN <br />ADVISED, BY LETTER, THAT THEY WERE ENVIRONMENTALLY CORRECT. <br />DR. FISCHER STATED THAT HE HAS A PROBLEM WI-TH THE RESTRICTION <br />ON PUTTING FILL BELOW THE 5' FLOOD PLAIN CONTOUR. HE CONTINUED THAT THEY <br />HAVE NO DESIRE TO BUILD -HOMES IN THIS AREA UNLESS THEY ARE BUILT ON HIGH <br />POSTS, AND THAT WOULD BE A MINIMAL NUMBER.- HE STATED THAT THEY WOULD <br />NOT WANT TO PUT HOMES IN THE HIGH WATER AREA, BUT WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE <br />TO USE IT FOR TENNIS COURTS, A BARBECUE PIT, A HORSE CORRAL, OR SOMETHING <br />OF THE SORT, IN CONCLUSION, DR, FISCHER DID NOT FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE <br />RESTRICTIONS ABOVE EVERYBODY ELSE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE BOARD TOOK THE 5' CURVATURE <br />LINE ON THE PLAT AND WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FILL BEING PUT IN AND RESTRIC- <br />TING THE RUN-OFF IN THE FLOOD PLAIN AREA.. <br />DR. FISCHER COMMENTED THAT THE SEBASTIAN DRAINAGE DISTRICT <br />OWNS AN EASEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY THAT RESTRICTS ANYTHING THAT WOULD <br />OBSTRUCT THE WATER FLOW ON THE FLOOD PLAIN. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO ASK <br />THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THE SEBASTIAN RIVER AREA AND POSSIBLY <br />CHANGE THE MASTER PLAN TO SHOW THAT THIS AREA IS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. <br />DR. ASHBY COMMENTED THE PROPERTY HAS ABUNDANT VEGETATION; THERE <br />IS NO EROSION PROBLEM; AND THEY ARE NOT TOUCHING OR ALTERING THE WATER- <br />FRONT IN ANY WAY. <br />27 <br />FEB 71979 <br />