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rp"- -7 <br />JUN 4199p <br />BOOK "' 41 PAGE 624 <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED IT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL IF <br />THE ZONING MAPS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE LAND USE MAP WERE <br />AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME FOR REFERENCE. HE CONTINUED THAT IN READING <br />THE MINUTES AND HEARI'NG ALL THE PRESENTATIONS, HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT <br />GRANTING AN APPROVAL FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGE PIECE OF COMMERCIAL <br />PROPERTY WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY <br />WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ALSO EXPRESSED <br />CONCERN ABOUT THE ROAD CHANGES AT THAT INTERSECTION AND WITH OTHER <br />VACANT LAND IN THE AREA. HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A <br />DECISION BASED UPON SOME TYPE OF EVALUATION OF THAT AREA. COMMISSIONER <br />WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HE IS NOT PARTICULARLY OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL <br />AT THAT -INTERSECTION NOW OR IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, THE BOARD JUST <br />DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETE STUDY OF THE ENTIRE AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT KINGS HIGHWAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN <br />ONE OF THE COUNTY'S MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME <br />TO DEVELOP A PIECE OF PROPERTY. SHE ADDED THAT THEY MUST FIND THE <br />HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME FAITH <br />IN THE PEOPLE STANDING BEFORE THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER LOY THOUGHT <br />ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL AREAS WERE NEEDED AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY <br />TO SET THE TONE FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT ENTIRE INTERSECTION. SHE <br />CONTINUED THAT TRAFFIC LIGHTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THAT INTERSECTION, <br />AND WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE A PROPER SHOPPING <br />CENTER, THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE ENOUGH FOOTAGE TO CREATE A BUFFER <br />ZONE , AND LEND ITSELF TO A NICE DEVELOPMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON COMMENTED THAT IN WATCHING THE COUNTY <br />GROW, THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION IS A MAJOR ONE; THE CITRUS LINE <br />IS FURTHER WEST; AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE TONE SET BY SOMEONE <br />OF MR. BAILEYS REPUTATION. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS ADVISED THE BOARD THAT HE AND MR. BAILEY <br />HAD WORKED TOGETHER IN THE PAST AND KNEW HOW HE FELT ABOUT THINGS OF <br />THIS SORT; MR. BAILEY MEANS WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY <br />AS HE SAID HE WOULD. <br />HIS OPINION IS THAT HE SEES THIS DEVELOPMENT <br />