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JUN 41980 Boa :431 PAGE 622 HE COMMENTED THAT WATER AND SEWER IS NEVER THERE WHEN YOU WANT THEM - AND NOBODY IS GOING TO BE PERMITTED TO POISON ANYBODY IS WELL. DR. BOB SMYTHE, VILLAGE GREEN #134, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND ADVISED THAT HE HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1954 AND HAS PRACTICED DENTISTRY ON THE BEACH. HE STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY CANVASSED OVER 200 PEOPLE IN UNIT 1 IN VILLAGE GREEN, AND HE HAS FOUND NO ONE IN THE PARK AGAINST THIS SHOPPING CENTER - THEY ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL PROCEED. DR. SMYTHE ADVISED THAT IN VILLAGE GREEN, PHASE 2 IS ALREADY SOLD OUT, PHASE 3 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND PHASE 4 WILL HAVE 600 OR MORE HOMES, HE NOTED THAT THEY WILL ALL BE COMPLETED BY THE TIME THIS SHOPPING CENTER WILL BE FINISHED. DR. SMYTHE COMMENTED THAT WINN DIXIE AT 43RD AVENUE IS DIRTY AND ILL -KEPT, AND THE_SPOT NEXT TO THE DRUG STORE LOOKS LIKE A TRASH PILE - HE FELT IT WAS NOT A GOOD SHOPPING CENTER. HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL BUILDINGS ON CARDINAL DRIVE AND IF THEY ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MR. BAILEY WILL BE PUTTING UP, HE WAS ALL FOR THE REZONING, A GENTLEMAN, FROM 24TH STREET IN RIVERA ESTATES, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND COMMENTED THAT HE WENT TO SEE EVERYONE ON HIS STREET AND NOBODY WANTS THE PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER. HE ADDED THAT THEY ALL FEEL THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT SHOPPING FACILITIES ALREADY. WALTER HASSEY, RAMONA PARK, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE DRAINAGE, THE WATER AND SEWER, AND THOUGHT THERE WILL BE SOME BACTERIA COMING INTO THEIR WELLS. HE ADDED THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE NOISE AND LIGHT INTRUSION, AND THE NEIGHBORS IN RAMONA PARK WISHED THE BOARD WOULD RESPECT THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE A PEACEFUL AND SECURE NEIGHBORHOOD. MR. HASSEY COMPARED IT TO COUNTRY -LIVING BECAUSE IT IS NICE AND DARK, AND HE FELT THE 43RD AVENUE SHOPPING AREA SUFFICIENTLY SERVED THEIR NEEDS. DONNA NIXON, ROUTE 60, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND SPOKE IN DEFENSE OF MR. POTEAT, WHO IS A PART-TIME RESIDENT OF VERO BEACH.