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MAR 191980 - - - oox ` 43 PdcE_ 51 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT ITEM 15, AN APPEAL OF THE <br />GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SITE PLA{ BY GROVER FLETCHER, HAS <br />BEEN WITHDRAWN, AND ASKED IF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY HAS <br />BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE HAS HEARD THAT IT HAS, BUT <br />HE HAS NOT YET VERIFIED THIS. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WAS IN SEBASTIAN <br />MONDAY AT WHICH TIME HE HEARD THAT THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN WAS GOING TO <br />ANNEX SOME PROPERTY OWNED BY NELSON HYATT; HE WENT UP TO VERIFY WHAT <br />THE PROPERTY WAS AND MAYOR FLOOD APPRAISED HIM THAT THE ANNEXATION <br />WAS COMPLETED. THE ATTORNEY NOTED THAT THE PROPERTY ANNEXED INCLUDES <br />THE MINING OPERATION, AND HE FEELS IT WAS DONE TO AVOID THE UPCOMING <br />COUNTY MINING REGULATIONS. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PIECE IN <br />QUESTION IS 200 ACRES OR MORE, AND HE FELT WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT <br />THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO ANNEX MORE PROPERTY ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RIVER. <br />HE NOTED THAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING AT A MAMMOTH PIECE OF PROPERTY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THE ANNEXATION STATUTE REQUIRES THAT <br />THE CITY BE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE THE UTILITIES, AND HE DID NOT KNOW <br />IF THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH COUNTY GOALS. HE ALSO VIEWED IT AS'A REAL <br />PROBLEM IN REGARD TO THE MINING INTERESTS. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT WHETHER THE ANNEXATION WAS DONE <br />LEGALLY, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THERE SHOULD BE MORE COORDINATION <br />BETWEEN THE TOWN AND THE COUNTY SO WE CAN DO A LITTLE MORE PLANNING. <br />BOARD SECRETARY, ELIZABETH FORLANI, REPORTED THAT SHE <br />RECEIVED TODAY FROM -THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN A COPY OF THEIR ORDINANCE <br />ANNEXING THE PROPERTY.' <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE HYATT PROPERTY HE WAS <br />DISCUSSING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE GROVER FLETCHER PROPERTY, BUT IS UP <br />AROUND THE A. A. BERRY SUBDIVISION. <br />SENIOR PLANNER DAVID MARSH REPORTED THAT THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN <br />ANNEXED SEVERAL DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY, BOTH ANNEXATIONS <br />EFFECTIVE PARCH LOTH. HE STATED THAT HE WAS TOLD THEY WERE ADOPTING <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO MINING REGULATIONS THE SAME NIGHT; <br />THIS ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, IS THE SAME AS THE OLD COUNTY ORDINANCE AND <br />HAS SOME WEAKNESSES IN IT. <br />s <br />