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rdrd Stuart Segal , 407 43 Avenue SW, reminded the Board that making 43 Avenue a truck route had been rejected and he felt that 5-laning the road would certainly lead to it being considered a truck route. th Tim Zorc , 4415 5 Place SW, was in favor of the project and asked County Attorney Collins whether an after-the-fact change to the Comp Plan would affect the approval of proposed projects already in the pipeline. County Attorney Collins noted that state concurrency laws require the County not to issue permits when the infrastructure is not available, but that imposes a moratorium to allow time to develop improvements to accommodate future development. State law also requires that if property owners are denied the ability to develop their properties, the County could be sued for compensation due to the property owners being forced to bear an unreasonable burden and the taxpayers would have to pay such compensation if it were allowed. He also commented that the County can hold the line on the urban service area boundary to contain the ongoing problems of ever-expanding development. rd Tim Zorc continued that if the 43 Avenue project were reduced to 3 lanes, the County would have to be prepared to write some large checks. He also reminded everyone that there have been 10 to 15 public meetings regarding this project which he had attended. He felt that sufficient notice had been given to the taxpayers. rd Web Smith , 685 43 Avenue, spoke in opposition to the project. He was in favor of 3-laning the road and noted that if bikepaths are installed, they would be the first ones not on the beach in the County. Carl Mahler , 616 Holly Road, a member of the Indian River Neighborhood Association, spoke in opposition to the project. MAY 17, 2004 6 SPECIAL MEETING