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ATTORNEY STEVE HENDERSON NEXT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRE` <br />SENTING FLORIDA LAND COMPANY. HE EXPLAINED THAT FLORIDA LAND CO. IS <br />CURRENTLY DEVELOPING RIVER BEND; SOUTH OF RIVER BEND, THERE IS A 93 <br />ACRE PARCEL THEY HAVE AN OPTION ON WITH MR. CAIRNS CALLED BEACH COLONY, <br />AND HE BELIEVED APPROXIMATELY 9 ACRES OF THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED TO <br />MR. CAIRNS. FLORIDA LAND COMPANY STILL HAS A DEFINITE INTEREST IN <br />RIVER BEND AND IN BEACH COLONY. MR. HENDERSON THEN PROCEEDED TO <br />EMPHASIZE THAT FLORIDA LAND COMPANY, AS WELL AS MR. CAIRNS AND MR. MUTT, <br />ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA, HAVE NO REAL OBJECTION TO R -2B BECAUSE <br />NONE OF THEM INTEND TO DEVELOP TO MORE THAN S UNITS PER ACRE; WHAT <br />THEY MAINLY NEED, HOWEVER, IS SOMETHING THEY CAN RELY ON, AND IT IS <br />OBVIOUS THAT THE R -2B IS AN INTERIM MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE COMING <br />MASTER PLAN. ATTORNEY HENDERSON FELT WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT <br />HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO DATE, THE COMMISSION SHOULD HAVE BECOME CONVINCED <br />THAT SINGLE FAMILY AT 4 UNITS PER ACRE WOULD HAVE AS MUCH OR MORE <br />IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, SEWER AND WATER, ETC., THAN MULTI FAMILY WHICH OFFERS <br />A'LESS -INTENSE USE OF THE PROPERTY. ON BEHALF OF FLORIDA LAND COMPANY, <br />WHICH HAS PLANS SUBMITTED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER BEND AT A DENSITY <br />OF S UNITS PER ACRE, ATTORNEY HENDERSON REQUESTED THAT THE COMMISSION <br />APPROVE THE REZONING TO R -2B. <br />ROBERT.CAIRNS, PROPERTY OWNER IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA, STATED <br />THAT HE HAD FELT THE COMMISSION WAS BEHIND A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT <br />THAT WOULD CREATE SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY COULD BE PROUD OF. HE NOTED <br />THAT JOHNS ISLAND, WHICH HAS A MIX OF.DENSITIES, HAS DONE THAT, AND <br />THE COMMISSION -AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL WERE BEHIND THAT DEVELOPMENT. <br />MR. CAIRNS CONTINUED THAT HE P-ERSONALLY HAS COMMITTED THAT THERE WOULD <br />NEVER BE MORE.THAN_.g UNITS PER ACRE ON HIS_LAND, AND.ANYONE WHO HAS <br />PURCHASED fROM HIM'HAS FULLY. - UNDERSTOOD -THAT_. HE THEN TALKED ABOUT <br />THE.RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.TO*DEVELOP THE ULTIMATE BEST USE -OF'. <br />HIS PROPERTY AND STATED THAT HE WAS -IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING TO R-29 AS <br />PROPOSED BY -THE COUNTY COMMISSI.ON. <br />MAX RIANNIC- OF MIAMI,_ FLORIDA, AGREED THAT -EVERYONE WOULD <br />LIKE TO -SEE MORE DEVELOPMENTS OF- THE QUALITY OF JOHN `S. ISLAND. HE <br />FELT THE COMMISSION -HAS AN OPTION IN ADDITION TO THOSE DISCUSSED, WHICH <br />WOULD BE TO DEFER ANY ACTION UNTIL SUCH TIME -AS THE MASTER PLAN IS <br />1981 5 aoor 4 .-PAGE564 <br />_ _ <br />