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THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHED <br />TO BE HEARD, THERE WERE NONE. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER SCURLOCK, THAT THE BOARD ADOPT ORDINANCE 8I-4 CHANGING THE <br />C-1 COMMERCIAL AND A -AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS TO R-1 SINGLE FAMILY <br />RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY VINCENT OUADE. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS COMMENTED THAT HE PLANNED TO VOTE AGAINST <br />THIS AS HE OBJECTED TO THE CONVERSION OF ANY MORE AGRICULTURAL LAND <br />TO RESIDENTIAL. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT FOR EVERY 40 ACRES OF <br />AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT IS BEING REZONED, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS <br />PLANNING TO ADD 2,000 OR MORE ACRES IN AREAS TO THE WEST WHERE THE <br />COUNTY NEVER HAD GROVES. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON <br />AND CARRIED WITH A VOTE OF 4 TO 1, WITH CHAIRMAN LYONS VOTING IN <br />OPPOSITION. <br />