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APR 151991 DENSITY. BOOK 46 HE STATED THAT 6 UNITS TO THE ACRE ON 90 ACRES, FIGURING 2.5 TO THE AVERAGE FAMILY, WOULD RESULT IN 11,000 PEOPLE ON 90 ACRES. CHAIRMAN LYONS CORRECTED THIS STATEMENT TO POINT OUT THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN 1,100 PEOPLE, NOT 11,000._ MR. CROWFORD BELIEVED THAT THE COUNTY PLANNING & ZONING BOARD IS RECOMMENDING THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY BE ZONED 3.1 TO THE ACRE, AND IF THIS IS PUT IN THE MASTER PLAN, THE ZONING WILL HAVE TO CONFORM TO'IT. THEY, THEREFORE, BELIEVED THIS ZONING SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED UNTIL AFTER THE BOARD HAS MADE UP THEIR MINDS AS TO WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO AS FAR AS THE MASTER USE PLAN IS CONCERNED. HE ALSO ARGUED THAT IF YOU GRANT ONE DEVELOPER SIX UNITS PER ACRE, IT WILL SET A PRECEDENT. WILLIAM HICKEY, SUMMERPLACE RESIDENT, SPOKE OF HIS PROBLEMS WITH SALT WATER INTRUSION; HE FELT THE WATER SITUATION IS CRITICAL AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE THE LOWEST DENSITY POSSIBLE TO PREVENT FURTHER DEPLETION OF THE SHALLOW AQUIFER. MRS. HICKEY POINTED OUT THAT PERMISSION ALREADY HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR A 300 UNIT MOTEL WHICH SURELY WILL ADD TO THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. ED SCHLITT, REALTOR AND LIFETIME COUNTY RESIDENT, NOTED THAT I.L HIS 27 YEARS IN THE REALTY BUSINESS, HE ALWAYS HAS STRIVEN TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE SYSTEM, AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS HEARING. MR. SCHLITT ALSO NOTED THAT THE VERO BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION INDICATED AT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING THAT THEY FELT SOME SEPARATE UTILIZATION CAN AND PROBABLY SHOULD BE MADE OF -' THE AREA BETWEEN AIA AND THE OCEAN. ATTORNEY HENDERSON AGREED THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MASTER PLAN DOES DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE PROPERTY EAST OF AlA AND THE PROPERTY WEST OF AlA. HE THEN ASKED MR. TESSIER WHAT AFFECT REVERSE OSMOSIS WOULD HAVE ON THE SHALLOW WELL SYSTEM. MR. TESSIER STATED THAT THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER BEGINS AT APPROXIMATELY 300' DOWN IN THIS AREA AND IS SEPARATED FROM THE SHALLOW 48