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r <br />A9I1Y 211981 <br />dK.46FmF 56 / . -- <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD UNDERSTOOD COMMISSIONER FLETCHER'S CONCERN <br />FOR WATER AND CONSERVATION, BUT ASKED -IF WE REALLY HAVE ANY HARD FACTS <br />THAT WILL TELL US THAT FOUR UNITS -SINGLE FAMILY WILL USE LESS WATER <br />THAN S UNITS OF MULTI FAMILY-, HE CONTENDED THAT THE LARGEST CONSUMERS <br />OF WATER -ON THE BEACH ARE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT USE THE WATER, <br />FOR LANDSCAPING, ETC „_AND NOTED T-HAT.THE LOWEST CONSUMPTION WOULD BE <br />BY THE SPIRES, -WHICH IS THE HIGHEST DENSITY ON THE BEACH. <br />CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO WHETHER SINGLE FAMILY <br />OR MULTI FAMILY CONSUMES MORE WATER. <br />MR. REVER-OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL -ALTERNATIVE, NOTING THAT <br />THIS COULD BE REZONED AND THEN REZONED AGAIN, BUT HE BELIEVED IT IS <br />BETTER TOGO TO A DENSITY OF S FOR THE INTERIM THAN NOT TO CHANGE AT <br />ALL. IF THERE IS A STRONG FEELING TO GO TO FOUR UNITS PER ACRE, HE <br />STRONGLY URGED -THE BOARD TO -CONSIDER R -2A,- WHICH WOULD STILL STAY AT <br />THE 4 -UNITS PER ACRE, BUT WOULD ALLOW MULTI FAMILY. _ <br />COMMISSIONER FLETGHER ASKED COMMISSIONERS BIRD AND WODTKE <br />IF THEY DID NOT FEEL THE PRIMARY CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE NEIGHBORS <br />WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT THIS, OF COURSE, PLAYS A <br />MAJOR PART, BUT YOU ALSO MUST GIVE, CONSIDERATION TO THE PROPERTY <br />RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO DEVELOP PROPERTY IN A SIMILAR MANNER AS <br />SURROUNDING PROPERTY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN SPOKE OF A GEODETIC <br />SURVEY FOR COUNTY WATER AND STATED THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO WATER <br />THERE NOW TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA, WHEN YOU <br />LOOK AT THE WHOLE COUNTY, THE INDICATION IS THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT <br />WATER TO MAKE SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. WE HAVE TO SUPPLY THE ENTIRE COUNTY, <br />AND HE DID NOT THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THE WATER IS NOT THERE TO <br />SUPPORT THE BEACH AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER CONTINUED TO DISCUSS WATER STUDIES <br />AND THE DEGRADATION OF THE AQUIFER. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK BELIEVED THERE IS A TECHNICAL CAPA— <br />BILITY TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING, AND HE WAS SURE AT A DOLLAR COST, WE <br />COULD SUPPLY NEW YORK CITY ON THE ISLAND IF THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE WANTED. <br />HE NOTED THAT IT IS CLEAR THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON THE <br />