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AUG 81979 eou 41 PAGE 309 RIVERS ANDERSON, REALTOR, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WHEN THE INDIAN RIVER FARMS DRAINAGE DISTRICT WAS CREATED THAT PULLED THE PLUG ON THE CITRUS ON THE RIDGE. THIS AREA WAS DEVELOPED PRIMARILY IN THE 1920S AND 1930s WHEN YOU HAD PLENTY OF WATER AND DRAINAGE AND REALLY DEPENDABLE RAINFALL PATTERNS. SINCE THAT TIME A LOT OF THAT MARSH HAS BEEN DRAINED. A HUGE DRAINAGE DISTRICT WAS DEVELOPED AND THEY CREATED A RESERVOIR AND IN SO DOING DESTROYED A LOT OF THE SOURCE OF WATER. THERE IS ANOTHER FACTOR THAT MADE ST. JOHNS DRAINAGE DISTRICT IN DEMAND AND THAT WAS ONE OF ECONOMICS. SINCE THE WAR AND WITH THE NEW CITRUS AREAS OPENING UP, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF COMPETITION IN THE CITRUS BUSINESS, AND IT IS NO LONGER A "MA AND PA" OPERATION, BUT LIKE THE BIG FARMS IN THE MID WEST. A SMALL CITRUS BLOCK (10-20-40-60 ACRES) CANNOT BE PROFITABLY FARMED IN CITRUS EVEN THOUGH THE LAND IS EXCELLENT. WATER, T00, IS QUESTIONABLE. MR. ANDERSON STATED THAT THE VERY SIZE OF THE PARCELS IN THIS AREA MAKES THEM ECONOMICALLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. DON FREEMAN, OWNER OF THE COMPANY DEVELOPING VILLAGE GREEN, STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF DEVELOPING QUALITY MOBILE HOME PARKS SINCE 1970 AND HE INTENDS TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSED ACREAGE IN A MANNER ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, MR. FREEMAN STATED THAT THE TERM MOBILE HOME IS NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE; THEY SPEND $8,000410,000 FOR ON SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE HOME IS NO LONGER MOVABLE. HE FELT A MORE APPROPRIATE TERM IS A MANUFACTURED HOUSE, AND STATED THEY AVERAGE $35,000 NOT INCLUDING THE LOT WHICH IS RENTED. MR. FREEMAN STATED THAT MOST OF THEIR BUYERS PAY CASH AND NOTED THIS TYPE OF LIVING IS BECOMING MORE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE. THEY HAVE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES - PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE - OWNERS OF SMALL BUSINESSES, WHO HAVE AMPLE RETIREMENT INCOME. THEY REQUIRE VERY LITTLE IN GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES BUT BRING A GREAT DEAL TO THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING AN ADDI- TIONAL TAX BASE AND ENRICH THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE IN. HE FELT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. ATTORNEY JOHNSTON COMMENTED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PRESENT DENSITY AT THE EXISTING PARK ALLOWS 8 UNITS, THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 4 UNITS PER ACRE.