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DEC 51979 Bom 42 FAGS 228 PLANT WHICH WOULD BE MORE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE THAN PROPERTIES CLOSER IN. HE ALSO HAD PICTURES TO SHOW THAT URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS APPROACHING THIS AREA. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. ,JIM MORAN, WHO LIVES JUST TO THE WEST OF THE PROPOSED SUB- DIVISION, STATED THAT HE BOUGHT FIVE ACRES WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD ALWAYS BE FIVE ACRES IN AGRICULTURAL ZONING AND HOPING THAT SOMEDAY DOWN THE LINE IF IT ISN IT AGRICULTURAL AT LEAST ALL THE HOMES WOULD BE ON FIVE ACRES. MR. MORAN STATED THAT HE DOES NOT WANT A SUBDIVISION IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. ALLEN CONNELL APPEARED REPRESENTING INDIAN RIVER SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND DISCUSSED THE "SO-CALLED" NEED TO REBED THE GROVE. HE NOTED THAT EVERY CITRUS GROVE IN THIS COUNTY NEEDS INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT, AND HE COULD NOT SEE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR REZONING JUST BECAUSE OF SOMEONE IS ECONOMIC LOSS. MR. CONNELL CONTINUED THAT THE AREA DEFINITELY IS IN CITRUS. THE GROVES HAVE DETERIORATED -BECAUSE OF THE FREEZE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY CANNOT BE PUT BACK IN A PRODUCING STATE. HE THEN DISCUSSED THE URBAN SPRAWL IN RELATION'TO AGRICULTURE AND ASKED WHERE IT IS GOING TO END. MR. CONNELL STATED THAT THERE ISN'T MUCH AREA LEFT IN THE' ST. JOHNS WATER CONTROL DISTRICT FOR CITRUS;A LOT OF IT IS WETLANDS, AND HE FELT THEY ARE BEING PROTECTED, NOT DRAINED AND PUT INTO CITRUS. MR. CONNELL FELT WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOLUTION WHERE WE CAN PROTECT THE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND NOT CONTINUE THE URBAN SPRAWL TO THE WEST. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE FURTHER WISHED TO SPEAK, AND THERE WERE NONE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER LOY, THAT THE REQUEST OF THE CHILDERS AND THE KINGS FOR REZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL TO R—IE COUNTRY ESTATES BE DENIED ON THE GROUNDS THAT THIS IS AN AGRICULTURAL AREA AND THIS IS NOT A TIMELY CHANGE.