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The Chairman opened the public hearing. <br />Robert Bower, 7300 20th Street, Village Green, represented the Coalition of Mobile <br />Manufactured Homeowners of Indian River County. He agreed with Director Keating and <br />requested the Board approve the Land Use Designation change. <br />Lynn Lucier, Midway Estates, explained that her mobile home park consisted of <br />renters and shareholders. She had purchased a share and voiced concern that should a hurricane <br />demolish the property that the shareholders would be left holding "empty land". She wanted the <br />Board to consider the 65 shareholders as well as the 45 renters living in the park. <br />Chairman Wheeler explained that the objective of the land use change is to try to <br />protect the people, their home investment, and make it difficult for the park owners to change the <br />land use designation. <br />Bob Nece, 7000 20th Street, Village Green, expressed that the mobile home park <br />was the lifestyle he chose and he wanted the Board to protect his home. <br />Jennifer Vanhoose, 480 10th Place, Beach Cove, urged the Board to look at the <br />entire County ordinance and how it applies to the mobile home rental parks before passing the <br />ordinance. <br />Michael Battaglini, Southgate Village, requested the "family owned" park be <br />excluded from the list and suggested increasing the land use designation size from ten acres or <br />more to fifteen acres or more. <br />Jack Borgen, on behalf of the owners of Southgate Village, informed the Board that <br />his mobile home park had been family owned for three generations and he wanted the park to <br />May 8, 2007 7 <br />