5/1/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Em .JAMES HIRSCH OF CHERRY LANE AND .JAMES STUDER, ROUTE 60, BOTH OPPOSED THE REZONING BASED ON THEIR CONCERN ABOUT ITS IMPACT ON THE WATER SITUATION WHICH ALREADY HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS. PAUL .JACOBI, 1865 75TH AVENUE, OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSED REZONING BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THERE WILL BE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ON A LOCAL BASIS, AND HE FELT THE ROUTE 60 CORRIDOR SHOULD BE KEPT AN ENTRANCEWAY INTO THE COUNTY OF WHICH WE CAN BE PROUD. ROBERT REIDER, 1150 REEF ROAD, OPPOSED THE PROPOSED REZONING AND EVIDENCED CONCERN ABOUT APPROVING A DENSITY WHICH WOULD ALLOW 1226 UNITS WHEN THE PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD TOMORROW. HE ALSO STRESSED THE IMPACT ON THE TAX BASE. POTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. JOHN TRIPSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS WIFE HAS AN INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HE REFERRED TO THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY AND THE FACT THAT WHEN THE INDIAN RIVER FARMS DRAINAGE DISTRICT WAS CREATED AND PUT IN CONTROL STRUCTURES, IT BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY, BUT DAMAGED GROVES ALL UP AND DOWN THE CANALS. MR. TRIPSON CONTINUED THAT IN REGARD TO THE GROVE ON THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A WATER PROBLEM THERE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND THEY HAVE LOST MONEY ON THIS GROVE DURING THE LAST YEARS. COMMISSIONER BIRD ASKED HOW LONG THE SEXTON FAMILY HAS. OWNED THIS PROPERTY AND -IF THERE ARE PRESENTLY ANY DEEP WELLS ON THE PROPERTY. PR. SEXTON STATED THEY HAVE OWNED IT.SINCE ABOUT 1920 AND THERE ARE THREE DEEP WELLS. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.- - AFTER A BRIEF RECESS, THE CHAIRMAN ASKED FOR THE COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK QUESTIONED THE STATEMENT MADE IN THE PRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY HERZOG WHICH INDICATED THAT THE PROPOSED TIASTER PLAN DES-IGNATED.THIS PROPERTY AS SUITABLE FOR MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT. MAY 6 1981 55 P�aK 46-PnE356