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r <br />0 <br />- MANAGEMENT STATING THAT THE-SEXTON..GROVES PROPERTY IS NOT A D.R.I. <br />TED HERZOG, ATTORNEY`FO.R CLIFFORD O'DONNELL AND BYRON <br />MOORE, AGENTS FOR SEXTON GROVES CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. HE <br />'EMPHASIZED THAT THESE GENTLEMEN INTEND TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE <br />THIS PROJECT THEMSELVES FOR THE LONG TERM. THE CONCEPTUAL <br />DRAWING DEPICTS A DEVELOPMENT OF 1L11 ACRES, OF WHICH TWO LAKES <br />COMPRISE A TOTAL OF ROUGHLY 18 ACRES. MR. HERZOG THEN WENT <br />INTO VARIOUS FORMULAS FOR ESTIMATING DENSITY, VARYING AS TO WHETHER <br />THE LAKE AREA CAN BE INCLUDED OR MUST BE DISCOUNTED, AND STATED <br />THAT, DEPENDING ON THE FORMULA USED, THE DENSITY WOULD VARY FROM <br />5 TO A HIGH OF 5.69, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSION <br />RECENTLY APPROVED A DENSITY OF 6 UNITS PER ACRE ON THE BARRIER <br />ISLAND NORTH OF WABASSO BEACH IN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS. <br />MR. HERZOG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT <br />INCLUDES A 75' PLANTED BUFFER ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE <br />PROPERTY3,. A PLANTED ENTRANCE AREA WITH A 15' PLANTED BUFFER ON <br />THE EAST, AND A 10` BUFFER ON THE NORTHWEST. EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING <br />IS CONTEMPLATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES <br />RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, A MEETING CENTER, LAUNDRY FACILITIES, <br />ETC. THE COMMERCIAL CORNER IS TO BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SERVICES <br />FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE PARK.* MR. HERZOG THEN <br />STATED THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDE A DECELERATION <br />LANE, WHICH IS NOT PRESENTLY SHOWN -ON THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING, AND <br />THOUGH NO COMMITMENT HAS BEEN MADE AT THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN <br />INDICATED THAT 1/2 - 1 ACRE WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE <br />SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT IN THE EVENT IT WAS FELT DESIRABLE TO <br />HAVE A.FIRE-STATION IN THIS AREA. <br />ATTORNEY.HERZOG STRESSED THE LACK OF MODERATELY PRICED <br />DWELLINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND -FELT THAT MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE <br />THE ANSWER. ATTORNEY HERZOG NEXT DISCUSSED THE EFFECT THIS PROJECT <br />WOULD -HAVE ON AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTY, EXPLAINING THAT WHILE THEY <br />HAVE A 60 ACRE CITRUS OPERATION -IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER, -THE SOIL <br />TYPE ON THE BULK OF THE TRACT IS MUCK,AND IT IS THEIR CONTENTION <br />THAT THIS IS NOT PRIME CITRUS LAND. HE THEN QUOTED FIGURES <br />OBTAINED FROM THE CITRUS LEAGUE SHOWING THAT CITRUS ACREAGE IN THE <br />COUNTY HAS INCREASED IN THE LAST DECADE BY ABOUT 6;000 ACRES, WITH <br />MAY .6 1981 49 BOOR PAGE 350 <br />