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COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT HE IS THE ONLY COMMISSIONER <br />PRESENT WHO HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 1974 AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN <br />THE MANY HEARINGS HELD BEFORE ADOPTION OF THE TENTATIVE MASTER LAND <br />USE PLAN, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED AT THAT TIME BY THE VERO BEACH CIVIC <br />ASSOCIATION AND ENDED UP WITH MEDIUM DENSITY IN THE REALM OF E-8 UNITS <br />PER ACRE. HE BELIEVED THAT THERE IS A PLACE ON THE ISLAND FOR ADDI— <br />TIONAL MULTI FAMILY AND THAT THE LOGICAL PLACE FOR IT WOULD BE IN THE <br />NORTH BEACH AREA. COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONTINUED THAT HE DID VOTE FOR <br />8 UNITS PER ACRE SOME WEEKS AGO BECAUSE HE DID NOT WISH TO LEAVE THAT <br />PROPERTY ZONED FOR 15 UNITS PER ACRE. SINCE THAT TIME, HE HAS BEEN <br />IMPRESSED WITH SOME OF THE FIGURES HE HAS SEEN RE UTILITY USES AND <br />TRAFFIC COUNTS, AND HE NOW DOES NOT FEEL THAT THE ISLAND CAN SUPPORT <br />A DENSITY OF 8, BUT THAT WE SHOULD LOWER IT TO NO MORE THAN 6 AND <br />CHANGE IT WHEN WE GET CLOSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS. HE DID NOT FEEL <br />HE COULD ACCEPT 4 UNITS PER ACRE ON A BLANKET TYPE SITUATION BECAUSE <br />WE DO NEED SOME FLEXIBILITY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS APPROVED A PROJECT AT 10 UNITS PER ACRE ON THE <br />BARRIER ISLAND AND .JOHN'S ISLAND HAS ONE AT 5. HE BELIEVED THAT IMPACT <br />IS IMPORTANT AND THAT IT IS MAINLY CAUSED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES, SINCE <br />THERE ARE ONLY 181 HOMES IN THE COUNTY NORTH BEACH AREA. HE, THEREFORE, <br />FELT THAT IF WE GO WITH COMMISSIONER BIRD'S SUGGESTION FOR A MORATORIUM <br />ON THE ENTIRE BEACH AREA, THAT THE CITIES ALSO SHOULD INSTITUTE A MORA— <br />TORIUM WHILE WE LOOK AT THIS SITUATION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN SPOKE <br />OF THE ADVISABILITY OF TRYING TO AVOID LAWSUITS,AND URGED THAT WE TRY <br />TO REACH SOME FAIR AND EQUITABLE DECISION TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND <br />THEN GO ON ABOUT THE REST OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AT ABOUT 6 UNITS <br />PER ACRE. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER CONTINUED TO EMPHASIZE THE WATER PROBLEM <br />AND HIS CONCERN ABOUT TAKING WATER FROM THE MAINLAND TO -SUPPLY THE BEACH, <br />HE STRESSED THAT, REGARDLESS OF TECHNOLOGY, THE WATER PROBLEM IS NOT <br />GOING TO GO AWAY; IN 10 TO 20 YEARS, WE WILL HAVE A WATER CRISIS AND <br />WE NEED.TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT NOW. <br />5 <br />JUN 10 1981 " cq,J€ 65 <br />i"' <br />