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COMMISSIONER LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE DID NOT THINK THE <br />TRAFFIC SITUATION HAD BEEN PROPERLY ADDRESSED ON A -1-A BETWEEN THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH AND JOHN'S ISLAND. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT <br />THE COUNTY IS TRYING THEIR BEST TO GET RID OF PACKAGE PLANTS, BUT <br />STILL APPROVING THEM. LAST NIGHT IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THE CITY <br />OF VERO BEACH GAVE PRACTICAL APPROVAL TO AN AGREEMENT TO GET A SEWER <br />AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND <br />THE COUNTY, AND AS FAR AS COMMISSIONER LYONS COULD SEE, THEY HAD A <br />SIGNABLE AGREEMENT. HE POINTED OUT THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTS OF THAT <br />AGREEMENT WAS TO GET RID OF THE PACKAGE PLANTS; IT SAYS THAT THEY <br />WILL FIRST SERVE THE ENTIRE NEEDS OF THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT THE <br />PACKAGE PLANTS WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS. COMMISSIONER LYONS REITERATED <br />THAT THE OBJECT WAS TO GET RID OF THE PACKAGE PLANTS AND GET THE <br />SEWER TREATMENT INTO A CENTRAL PLANT, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE KIND <br />OF PROBLEMS WE HAVE NOW. HE STATED THAT THERE IS A 201 STUDY BEING <br />MADE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR SEWER SERVICE IN THE FUTURE TO THIS AREA <br />IN QUESTION; AND WONDERED IF THE THING TO DO IS TO WAIT UNTIL WE DO <br />HAVE THE ADEQUATE SEWER ARRANGEMENTS AND NOT FURTHER PROLIFERATE THE <br />USE OF PACKAGE PLANTS IN THAT AREA. REGARDING DENSITIES, MANY PEOPLE <br />WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THAT IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING, OR R-1, IT <br />EQUATES TO 6 UNITS PER ACRE; R -IA IS 4 UNITS, AND R-lAA IS A LITTLE <br />OVER 2 UNITS PER ACRE; R -2A HAS THE SAME DENSITY AS R -IA - THAT SHOULD <br />CLEAR UP SOME MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE DENSITIES, COMMISSIONER <br />LYONS FELT. HE ALSO THOUGHT THERE WAS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT <br />THERE WOULD BE A BARRIER ISLAND STUDY, AND THAT THE BOARD SHOULD <br />MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO UNTIL THEY DO HAVE THE STUDY, AS WELL AS THE <br />MASTER PLAN FOR THIS AREA. COMMISSIONER LYONS MENTIONED THAT ONCE <br />YOU HAVE COMMITTED THE LAND, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, <br />TO TURN BACK. THE COUNTY DOES HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT THE BOARD CAN <br />MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO UP TO A YEAR WHILE THE STUDIES ARE COMPLETED.; <br />AND THAT WAS COMMISSIONER LYONS' RECOMMENDATION, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THEN STATED THAT HE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS <br />TO ASK THE DEVELOPER, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS SAW NO REASON WHY HE COULD <br />NOT DO SO. <br />c� 5 tseo gaQx- 44- P.�cf N <br />0 17 <br />