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WOULD PUT A GREATER DEMAND ON' -THE SHALLOW AQUIFER, AND HE WAS IN FAVOR OF A CHANGE TO R -2B, WHETHER',.AN INTERIM MEASURE OR NOT. ON MIOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER FLETCHER, THAT THE ADVERTISED REZONING TO R -2B BE DENIED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE REQUEST TO REZONE TO R -2B WAS INSTIGATED BY THIS COMMISSION, AND IF THIS ZONING IS DENIED, THE ZONING WILL REMAIN AT R-2 WHICH ALLOWS 15 UNITS PER ACRE. HE URGED THAT THE BOARD VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION, COMMISSIONER BIRD FELT THAT WHEN WE INITIATED THIS REZONING, IT WAS FOR FEAR OF THIS PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED AT 15 UNITS PER ACRE, AND HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND PASSING UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO REZONE TO 8 AND LEAVING OURSELVES OPEN TO 15. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK POINTED OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO HAS DEVELOPED OVER TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND OVER A VARIETY OF INFORMATION BEING GATHERED, INCLUDING THE BARRIER ISLAND STUDY, AND IT WAS OBVIOUS•TO HIM AFTER THAT STUDY, THAT THE R -2B ZONING IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS QF THE COUNTY. HE, THEREFORE, WOULD LIKE TO - READVERTISE FOR A LOWER DENSITY. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER CONCURRED THAT -DUE TO NEW INPUT FROM THE STUDY AND ALSO THE REALIZATION OF OUR WATER SHORTAGE, WE DO NEED TO DRAW BACK AND LOOK AT THIS VERY CAREFULLY, AND HE STATED HE WOULD SUPPORT A MOTION TO GO TO R -1A. HE CONTINUED TO DISCUSS THE WATER SITUATION AND AGREED WITH MR. O'HAIRE THAT THE.SALT CONTENT OF THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER IS INCREASING WEEKLY AND MONTHLY. HE THEN QUOTED FROM A `WATER SUPPLY FEAS-IBILITY STUDY..NORTH BEACH AREA, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY" DONE BY ENVIRONMENTAL -ENGINEERS IN 1978, -WHICH STATES THAT THE ONLY WATER -SUPPLY TO THIS -AREA IS BY PIPELINE UNDERNEATH THE --WABASSO BEACH BRIDGE -AND THAT THE -PIPELINE WITHDRAWAL) S LIMITED BY THE ST. J OHN'.S WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER THEN STRESSED THE FACT THAT THE -NEIGHBORING OWNERS DO NOT WANT THIS -INCREASED DENSITY'_AND FELT IT IS THE COMMISSION'S DUTY TO REFLECT WHAT THE MAJOR- ITY OF THE PEOPLE WANT. SAY 211981= 7 �oQ�4.6 ParF-596.