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ATTORNEY RANDY MCKINNON APPEARED REPRESENTING THE BARTLETTS, <br />THE HAMILTONS AND THE BLOCKS, WHO OWN PROPERTY ADJOINING THE SUBJECT <br />PROPERTY ACROSS WALKER AVENUE TO THE NORTH, AND OBJECT TO THE RE- <br />ZONING. HE STATED THAT A CONTINUAL REZONING OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY <br />WILL BRING THE LAND VALUE TO THE POINT WHERE IT CANNOT BE USED FOR <br />AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AND WILL DRIVE THE OWNERS BACK TO THE BOARD <br />TO CHANGE THEIR ZONING TO A DEVELOPMENT CLASSIFICATION. HE COMMENTED <br />THAT IF MS. WALKER'S PROPERTY IS LEFT IN AGRICULTURAL, IT IS NOT <br />BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM HER BUT WILL JUST REDUCE THE PRICE SHE CAN <br />GET FOR IT. ATTORNEY MCKINNON THEN DISCUSSED THE COST OF GOVERNMENTAL <br />SERVICES AND FELT THAT WHEN THE BOARD APPROVES A SUBDIVISION, THEY <br />ARE WARRANTING CERTAIN THINGS TO THE PEOPLE - PROPER LAW ENFORCEMENT, <br />FIRE PROTECTION, WATER AND SEWER, ADEQUATE ROADS AND DRAINAGE, ETC. <br />HE ASKED HOW MUCH OF THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY MUST BE SPENT TO ASSURE THAT <br />DEVELOPERS CONTINUE TO MAKE THEIR PROFITS. ATTORNEY MCKINNON POINTED <br />OUT THAT WE HAVE MANY EXISTING PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY THAT NEED TO <br />BE SOLVED BEFORE MORE AGRICULTURAL LANDS ARE REZONED TO CREATE MORE <br />PROBLEMS. HE FELT THAT THERE IS ENOUGH DEVELOPABLE LAND BETWEEN <br />KING'S HIGHWAY AND THE INDIAN RIVER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE PEOPLE <br />WHO MOVE INTO THE COUNTY IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. MR. MCKINNON EMPHASIZED <br />THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION VOTED 4 TO 1 AGAINST THIS <br />REZONING REQUEST. <br />ATTORNEY JOHN SUTHERLAND CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING <br />THE APPLICANT ELIONNE WALKER AND THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE REZONING <br />REQUEST. HE POINTED OUT THAT ATTORNEY MCKINNON REPRESENTS PEOPLE <br />WHO LIVE NORTH OF MS. WALKER'S PROPERTY IN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREAS <br />WHERE SUBDIVISIONS COULD BE PUT IN WITH 70' LOTS AND YOU COULD HAVE <br />4 <br />FOUR FAMILIES TO AN ACRE, AND THEY ARE OBJECTING TO PROPERTY ABOUT <br />1/4 OF A MILE AWAY FROM THEM BEING REZONED RESIDENTIAL. THERE ALSO <br />HAVE BEEN OBJECTIONS FROM PARTIES WHO LIVE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON <br />34TH STREET, WHICH IS EVEN FURTHER AWAY, AND HE DID NOT SEE WHY <br />SOMEONE LIVING IN THIS AREA ON A.1/4 ACRE LOT WOULD OBJECT TO SOMEONE <br />ELSE LIVING NEARBY. <br />L____ ---- <br />Bog , 43 pm' 341 <br />