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SHE ADDED THAT HE IS PLANNING TO REBUILD AND REDO HIS CITRUS LAND. <br />MRS. NIXON NOTED THE OWNERS OF THE OTHER TWO CORNERS WERE VERY ADAMANT <br />ABOUT MR. BAILEYS REZONING, AND SHE. DID NOT BELIEVE THIS INTERSECTION <br />CAN TAKE THE COMMERCIAL ZONING AT THIS TIME AS THERE ARE TRAFFIC <br />HAZARDS. <br />SANDY NIXON, ROUTE 60, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND TEARFULLY <br />STATED THAT IF THE PEOPLE IN VILLAGE GREEN WANTED A SHOPPING CENTER, <br />THEY SHOULD BUILD IT IN THEIR BACK YARD AND NOT IN HERS. <br />PHILIP NIXON, JR., ROUTE 60, ADVISED THE BOARD THAT HE WAS <br />19 YEARS OLD AND HAD LIVED IN HIS HOME FOR 14 YEARS AND WAS STRONGLY <br />OPPOSED TO THE REZONING. <br />MARK ASHTON, 1815 32ND AVENUE, AND WHO ALSO OWNS A LOT IN <br />SHADOWBROOK, ADVISED THE BOARD THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT - <br />HE THINKS IT WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THE AREA, <br />ATTORNEY HERZOG SPOKE TO THE BOARD AGAIN ABOUT THE ISSUE <br />OF TIMING, AND THAT HE RELIED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES, PLUS THE <br />VIEWS OF THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE PLANNING STAFF, WHO HAVE INDICATED <br />THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A SHOPPING CENTER AT THIS TIME. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT THE NEXT ISSUE WAS THE QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT THAT MR. BAILEY <br />HAD PLANNED AND FELT THERE WAS NOT ONE NEGATIVE IMPACT IN THIS DESIGN. <br />ATTORNEY HERZOG MENTIONED THE THIRD POINT WAS THE NOISE LEVEL AND <br />DIRT MOVEMENT AND FELT THIS WAS A BIT OF A RED HERRING, AND AS FAR <br />AS THE DEVALUATION OF PROPERTY IN RAMONA PARK, BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE, <br />THE PROPERTY VALUES WILL INCREASE AS A COMMERCIAL AREA IS INCREASED. <br />ATTORNEY KILBRIDE CAME FORWARD AGAIN AND ASKED PLANNER REVER <br />IF, IN HIS STUDY, HE FELT THERE IS SUFFICIENT POPULATION TO SUPPORT <br />A SHOPPING CENTER AT THIS SITE. <br />e <br />PLANNER REVER STATED THAT HE COULD NOT ANSWER AS HE WAS <br />NOT SURE OF THE CRITERIA AS TO WHAT IS ENOUGH; ALSO WAS NOT SURE IT <br />WAS A VALID QUESTION AT THIS TIME UNLESS THEY COULD ESTABLISH ALL <br />THE OTHER CRITERIA TO COME UP WITH AN ANSWER. THE PLANNER ADDED, <br />FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, THE IN-PLACE POPULATION IN THAT AREA COULD <br />SUPPORT THE SHOPPING AREA. <br />21 <br />,DUN 4 Boor : 4� <br />1980 <br />