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SEP 2 41990 Bum 44 QAcf,602 <br />Rezoning today to the proposed density is premature and poses a <br />host of problems, real and potential, that cannot be solved on <br />a development by developMerTt basis. I Urge you to be prudent <br />today so that our options for protection and Wise use of This <br />fragile area remain open. Thank you. <br />ED NOLAN, MAYOR OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, APPROACHED THE <br />BOARD TO POINT OUT THE IMPACT THAT A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NATURE WOULD <br />HAVE ON INDIAN RIVER SHORES HE CONTINUED THAT WE, IN VERO BEACH, <br />HAVE ONE OF THE MOST IDEAL PLACES AND HE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE OUR <br />BEACHES DESTROYED BY LACK OF PLANNING. MAYOR NOLAN REFERRED TO A <br />REPORT MADE BY JOHN CURTIN, A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT, WHICH RELATES <br />WHAT MAY HAPPEN IF THE DENSITY IMPACT IS -NOT CONSIDERED NORTH OF <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES. HE THEN BEGGED THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER ANYTHING <br />CONCERNING DENSITY UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT AN AGENCY CAN DO AN UNBIASED <br />STUDY TO DECIDE THE DENSITY, AND WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES <br />COULD CARRY. MAYOR NOLAN STATED THAT THE DER DOES NOT RECOMMEND <br />PACKAGE PLANTS, AND SUGGESTED THE BOARD DECLARE A MORATORIUM. <br />NORMAN BADENHOP, 4601 SUNSET DRIVE, APPROACHED THE BOARD <br />AND STATED THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO THIS MATTER, OR <br />ANY OTHER ZONING, PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE MASTER PLAN. HE <br />FELT THAT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM, AND THAT THERE HAS NOT <br />BEEN SUFFICIENT GROUNDWORK DONE ON THE SUBJECT. MR. BADENHOP WONDERED <br />WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THE DEVELOPERS WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE REGARDING <br />SEWERAGE; WHEN THE PACKAGE PLANT IS PHASED OUT, WILL THEY PUT UP <br />ESCROW MONEY; AND WILL THEY PROVIDE A LIFT STATION? HE THEN CITED <br />AN EXAMPLE OF OTHER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE POLLUTED A RIVER, SUCH AS IN THE <br />LOXAHATCHEE RIVER AREA. MR. BADENHOP FELT THAT THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED <br />IS INSUFFICIENT, AND APPROVING THIS WOULD BE OPENING UP PANDORA'S <br />BOX. HE STATED THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE, BY THE 11 PERSONS ON THE <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION, TO OPPOSE THIS MATTER. <br />WILLIAM BELL, SUMMERPLACE, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD AS A <br />CITIZEN, NOT REPRESENTING SUMMERPLACE. HE SPOKE ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING <br />SHALLOW WELLS IN THAT AREA AND SOMETIMES THEIR WATER IS OCEAN WATER. <br />MR. BELL EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS USING REVERSE OSMOSIS <br />BECAUSE THEY MUST REFRESH THE ELEMENTS, AND HE WONDERED WHERE THE <br />WASTE WAS GOING TO GO - TO THE SHALLOW WELLS? HE ASKED IF THE DEVELOPERS <br />WERE WILLING TO SAY THEY WOULD GUARANTEE THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE <br />CLEAN WELLS. <br />