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WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF FINE DEVELOPABLE PROPERTY IN THIS COUNTY THAT <br />IS HIGH AND DRY AND DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH OUR FUTURE ASSETS AS FAR AS <br />OUR ABILITY TO PRODUCE FARM PRODUCE. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT WE <br />DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE LAND OTHER THAN PRIME <br />CITRUS LAND THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPING, WE SHOULD NOT REZONE THIS <br />PRIME CITRUS LAND FROM AGRICULTURAL TO RESIDENTIAL IN SPITE OF THE FINE <br />DEVELOPMENT VILLAGE GREEN HAS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE WILL NOT ARGUE THE VALUE OF <br />AGRICULTURAL LAND, BUT ASKED HOW FAR WE CAN GO IN PROTECTING IT. THIS <br />LAND IS IN THE CITRUS BELT, BUT WITH ROUTE 6O THERE AND THE VARIOUS <br />ARTERIES, HE WAS NOT CONVINCED IN ANY WAY THAT THIS LAND IS GOING TO BE <br />UTILIZED AS PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL LAND)ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HAS NOT <br />BEEN OVER MANY YEARS. THE CHAIRMAN DID NOT FEEL THERE IS ANY WAY THIS <br />BOARD CAN FORCE THIS LAND TO BE PRODUCTIVE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THIS BOARD COULD HAVE AN AFFECT ON THE <br />WAY THAT LAND IS ASSESSED BY TAKING A CERTAIN STAND. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISAGREED AND STATED THAT ASSESSMENTS <br />ARE NOT BASED ON POTENTIAL FOR REZONING. HE.FELT THE WAY TO ATTACK THE <br />PROBLEM IS TO MAKE IT•ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE FOR THE FARMER TO FARM HIS <br />LAND, BY NOT ASSESSING THEM FOR WATER AND SEWER, ETC., THAT THEY DON'T <br />NEED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED WHY THE•PRESENT OWNER DOESN'T REUSE THE <br />PROPERTY AS AGRICULTURAL LAND? MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ANSWERED, <br />AND ARGUMENT CONTINUED ON THIS POINT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THIS DISCUSSION IS IMPROPER BECAUSE <br />THE HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED, AND ATTORNEY JOHNSTON AGREED THAT ONCE THE <br />PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, ALL COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR SHOULD CEASE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED IF ANYONE IS GOING TO PROTECT AGRICUL- <br />TURAL LAND, IT SHOULD BE THE COUNTY COMMISSION. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT ALL OF US ARE SYMPATHETIC AND <br />UNDERSTAND, BUT IT IS ALSO THIS BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP DEVELOP <br />AN OVERALL COUNTY. SHE NOTED THAT WE PRUDENTLY DECIDED WE WERE NOT GOING <br />TO LET THE COUNTY BE PROLIFERATED WITH MOBILE HOME.PARKS. VILLAGE GREEN <br />AUG 81979 BooK 41 FAGE 312 <br />69 <br />