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COOKSEY NEXT NOTED THAT WILLIAM GLENN, WHO HAS LIVED IN THIS AREA <br />SINCE 1939, STATED AT THE PLANNING & ZONING MEETING THAT THE LANDS <br />THEMSELVES WERE MARGINAL CITRUS LAND. THIS WAS REFUTED BY THE <br />COMMISSIONER SPEAKING AGAINST THE REZONING, WHO STATED THAT THE LAND <br />BELONGING TO MR. GLENN IS SOME OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTY AND IT SHOULD <br />NOT BE COMPROMISED. MR. COOKSEY THEN PRESENTED AND READ ALOUD THE <br />FOLLOWING LETTERS FROM.PROMINENT LOCAL CITRUSMEN, ALL STATING THAT <br />THE GLENN GROVE IS MARGINAL OR SUB -MARGINAL CITRUS LAND AND DEFINITELY <br />NOT PRIME CITRUS SOIL AND SHOULD NOT BE REPLANTED. <br />]EGAN, ]Fi CK ETT & COMPANY <br />1900 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 33450 <br />April 21, 1980 <br />TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: <br />I have handled fruit for Billy Glenn on his 100 -acre <br />grove located at Cherry Lane and Barber Avenue, Vero Beach. <br />I was very surprised recently to see that his request <br />for re -zoning of this property was denied and that the decision <br />was that this property should be maintained as citrus acreage. <br />4 <br />This grove is, at best, a marginal grove and in my <br />opinion, cannot be rehabilitated. The condition of this grove <br />and the fact that much of the surrounding area has been re- <br />zoned for development indicates, to me, that this property <br />should not be denied re -zoning. <br />97 <br />Bernard A. `Egan, Presietent <br />