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AUG 81979 <br />BOOK <br />41 <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT WE <br />HAVE TO HAVE LAND <br />FOR <br />FARMS, <br />BUT POINTED OUT THAT THIS GROVE IS 60 YEARS OLD AND NO ONE HAS REPLANTED <br />IT. <br />MR. SEXTON STATED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE MONEY AND ARE <br />ABLE TO ARE REPLANTING. HE NOTED THAT THIS LAND WILL GROW VEGETABLES, <br />CORN, ETC., AS WELL AS CITRUS. <br />WILL BARKER, WHO IS IN THE CITRUS BUSINESS, NEXT CAME BEFORE <br />THE BOARD AND STATED THAT THIS IS THE BEST LAND THE COUNTY WILL EVER <br />SEE AND IT SHOULD NOT BE WASTED. HE STATED THAT HE HAD AN OLD GROVE, <br />BUT HE PUSHED IT OUT AND NOW HE HAS A GOOD GROVE. IN REGARD TO THE <br />STATEMENT THAT THE LITTLE MA AND PA OPERATIONS DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY, HE <br />STATED THAT HE KNOWS A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH 40 ACRE BLOCKS WHO DON'T WANT <br />TO SELL. HE BELIEVED WE SHOULD HAVE MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN THE <br />HIGHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. MR. BARKER FELT IT WAS A MISTAKE TO PUT THE <br />TRAILER PARK IN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND THAT WE SHOULD THINK TWICE <br />AND NOT EXPAND IT JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY THERE. <br />DR. HERBERT KALE TALKED ABOUT THE "DOMINO" AFFECT OF ZONING AND <br />NOTED THAT WITH R-1MP CONTIGUOUS, THE AGRICULTURAL PERSON CANNOT WITH- <br />STAND ASSESSMENTS BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURES OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. <br />DR. KALE FELT THE BOARD MUST LOOK,INTO THE FUTURE AND MAKE PLANS TO <br />PROTECT THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND DECIDE WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO DRAW <br />THE LINE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED HOW YOU CAN FORCE SOMEONE TO PRODUCE <br />A CROP ON HIS LAND, AND DR. KALE AGREED THAT YOU CAN'T TELL A PERSON <br />WHAT HE IS GOING TO D0, BUT YOU CAN KEEP THE LAND AGRICULTURAL. <br />ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON STATED THAT HE HAS A GEODETIC SURVEY MAP TO <br />SHOW ELEVATIONS, AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HIGHER THAN THE LAND MR. <br />SEXTON MENTIONED BETWEEN THE CITRUS BELT AND THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, <br />THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WISHED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT <br />HE THINKS THE DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGE GREEN IS A VERY HIGH CLASS DEVELOP- <br />MENT AND WELL MAINTAINED, BUT HIS PROBLEM IS THE LOCATION. <br />HE NOTED THAT <br />p <br />