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COMMISSIONER LYONS THEN POINTED OUT THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING <br />NOTICES ARE PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER, AND THE AGENDAS OF THE MEETINGS <br />ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COURTHOUSE, IN ORDER TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW <br />OF THESE MATTERS. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INTERJECTED THAT THEY HAVE EVEN INITIATED <br />A POLICY WHERE A SIGN IS ERECTED ON THE PROPERTY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC <br />OF A PROPOSED REZONING. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />Loy, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />AFTER A SHORT BREAK, THE BOARD RECONVENED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED THAT IN THE BOARDS CONSIDERATION <br />IN THIS MATTER, THAT THEY BE SPECIFIC AS TO THEIR REASONING, AND <br />WEN IT CAME TIME FOR THE MOTION AND THE SECOND TO THE MOTION, TO BE <br />t <br />t <br />SPECIFIC. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THEN ANNOUNCED THE MEETING WAS OPEN FOR <br />DELIBERATION BY THE BOARD. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS <br />TO MAKE. THE BOARD IS BEING REQUESTED TO CONSIDER A CHANGE IN THE <br />ZONING OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HE MUST CONSIDER THE HIGHEST AND <br />BEST USE OF THIS PROPERTY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT <br />MR. FLETCHER SAID THE NEIGHBORS SHOULD CONTROL THE DESTINY OF THE <br />LAND, BUT HE DISAGREES WITH THAT STATEMENT. HE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT <br />THE NEIGHBORS SHOULD HAVE INPUT INTO THE MATTER THAT SHOULD BE <br />CONSIDERED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE REFERRED TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS <br />OF A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND THAT IS LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF <br />HAPPINESS - THAT IS ALSO THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND DISPOSE OF PROPERTY, AND - <br />HE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AS WELL AS TO THE <br />ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER. HE THEN REFERRED TO THE HISTORY OF THIS <br />PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY; THE ODD SHAPE AND THE SETBACKS MUST BE <br />TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NEXT MENTIONED THE <br />CONCERN OF THE UTILITIES, AND STATED THERE ARE REGULATORY AGENCIES <br />THAT HIGHLY RESTRICT THIS, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY'S FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS <br />THAT HAVE CONTROL. HE ADDED THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY, !NOR HAS THIS <br />BOARD REQUIRED A DEVELOPER TO PUT IN TEST WELLS PRIOR TO A CONSIDERATION <br />OCT 15 1980 <br />15 <br />BOOK`" 44 PAf f <br />