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MAi <br />�oOK '46 PAfE 345 <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INQUIRED IF THIS.PROPERTY WAS LOCATED <br />WITHIN AN. ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA, AND IT WAS DETERMINED <br />THAT IT WAS IN THEE FLOOD HAZARD AREA. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE CITY OF <br />SEBASTIAN HAS EMBARKED ON VOLUNTARY ANNEXATIONS, AND THIS IS A MATTER <br />THE BOARD MAY WANT TO ADDRESS IN DETAIL. - <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND THE BOARD EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT - <br />SEBASTIAN -WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE AMPLE SERVICES, SUCH <br />AS'POLICE PROTECTION. <br />_ COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THAT IF A -PROPERTY OWNER WILLINGLY <br />ANNEXED TO THEMUNICIPALITYOF SEBASTIAN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE WILLING <br />TO PAY EXTRA FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE, THAT THE BOARD DENY THIS REQUEST TO WAIVE ITS <br />DENSITY RESTRICTION, AND THAT THE AGRICULTURAL USE BE MAINTAINED. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER MENTIONED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE <br />BOARD DISCUSS AND FORMALIZE, AT SOME TIME, FUTURE ORDINANCES <br />CONCERNING ANNEXATIONS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE <br />VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. <br />ATTORNEY VAN DEVOORDE COMMENTED HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY <br />ULTERIOR MOTIVE FOR THIS ANNEXATION — THE OWNER JUST WANTED TO <br />DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, AS THERE ARE NOT MANY LARGE TRACTS OF LAND <br />WHERE RELATIVELY NICE HOMES CAN BE BUILT. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON <br />AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. <br />1-5 <br />