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JUN 31991 6 urF 616 COMMISSIONER BIRD INQUIRED WHAT COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK'S BASIS WAS FOR MAKING HIS MOTION FOR RZA ZONING. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK RESPONDED THAT THE OCEANSIDE WAS MORE DESIRABLE AND THIS WOULD ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE OCEAN, AND TO HAVE MORE OPEN SPACE. HE FELT TRANSITIONAL ZONES SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO BE FAIR TO DEVELOPERS ON THE BARRIER ISLAND. _ ATTORNEY MICHAEL O'HAIRE CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO MAKE A PROCEDURAL RECOMMENDATION TO NOT CLOSE ANY OPTIONS FOR DENSITY - HE FELT ALL OPTIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. JIM SELLEN, OF CLADDING, LOPEZ & SELLEN FROM ORLANDO, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD TO POINT OUT SOME MISCONCEPTIONS, AND MAKE CERTAIN FACTS AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD. HE CONTINUED THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT THE DOWN -ZONING IN THE AREA WAS ESSENTIAL, BUT THE BOARD NEEDED TO BE AWARE THEY WOULD BE FACING ANOTHER PROBLEM WHEN GOING TO LOWER DENSITY - THE COST OF SPRAWL, HE THEN COMPARED THE IMPACT OF SINGLE FAMILY MAKING 13 TRIPS A DAY AS OPPOSED TO MULTI- FAMILY MAKING ONLY 8 TRIPS A DAY. MR. SELLEN POINTED OUT THAT IF YOU HAVE 4 UNITS INSTEAD OF 6 UNITS PER ACRE, THAT DOES NOT SAY YOU WILL HAVE BETTER QUALITY - BUT THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE COST, AS A RESULT OF TRAFFIC AND SEWERAGE, WILL BE GREATER, HE ADDED THAT THIS WAS NOT HIS OPINION ALONE, AS THE EPA AND HUD HAVE ALSO STATED THIS FACT. MR. SELLEN REITERATED THAT DENSITY HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO QUALITY. COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT HE DOES NOT LIKE THE PRESENT ZONING of 15 UNITS PER ACRE; HE HAD SUPPORTED THE RZB MOTION BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT EVEN LOWER THAN THAT. HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN LOWERING THE DENSITIES, THE COUNTY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL LITIGATION. HE STATED HE WAS CONVINCED THAT 6 UNITS OF MULTI -FAMILY REQUIRES LESS SERVICE THAN 4 UNITS OF SINGLE FAMILY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT SERVICES WILL HAVE TO BE PROVIDED AND IT IS MUCH LESS IN A MULTI -FAMILY CLASSIFICATION THAN IN, SINGLE FAMILY. IN MULTI -FAMILY ZONED AREAS,