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ATTORNEY HENDERSON CONTINUED THAT FLORIDA LAND COMPANY HAS COMMITMENTS ON RIVER BEND, AND PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE SITE PLAN ALREADY APPROVED, IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE ENTIRE PLAN; IT CANNOT BE DEVELOPED ON ITS OWN BECAUSE THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS BEEN GAUGED ON A SITE PLAN BASED ON A DENSITY OF 7.2. HE NOTED THAT FURTHER DELAY WOULD CAUSE FLORIDA LAND COMPANY SUBSTANTIAL HARDSHIP, AND FURTHER REZONING WOULD LEAVE THEM IN A POSITION TO SEEK LEGAL RECOURSE. DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO WHETHER THE BOARD STILL WAS CONSIDERING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, AND ATTORNEY HENDERSON NOTED THAT IT IS A MATTER OF TIMING IN ANY EVENT BECAUSE A REGULAR MORATORIUM COULD BE PASSED BEFORE THEY COMPLETED THE SITE PLAN ON RIVER BEND, AND THEY WOULD BE AS OPPOSED TO IT THEN AS THEY ARE NOW. NINA HAYES OF SMUGGLERS COVE AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WATER SITUATION, STATING THAT HER WELL HAS GONE OUT AND THE SHALLOW AQUIFER HAS DISAPPEARED. MRS. HAYES NOTED THAT THE BOARD HAD A SURVEY DONE, SUPPOSEDLY 'CONDUCTED BY EXPERTS, AND IN ADDITION, THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION HAS SUGGESTED 3 UNITS PER ACRE, BUT APPARENTLY THE BOARD IS DISREGARDING BOTH THE DANGERS PRESENTED IN THE SURVEY AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION. SHE FELT THE BOARD WORRIES ABOUT A MARGIN OF PROFIT TO THE DEVELOPER WHEN THEY SHOULD WORRY INSTEAD ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OVER- DEVELOPMENT ON THE BARRIER ISLAND. MRS, HAYES STATED THAT THE VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AND THEY EXPECT THE COMMISSION TO PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT ONE WAY TO PROTECT THE VOTER'S INTERESTS IS TO PREVENT COSTLY LITIGATION FOR WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY. ATTORNEY RICHARD BOGOSIAN INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT HE SERVED ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR APPROXIMATELY IO YEARS, THE COMMIS- SION AT THAT TIME WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE VERY SAME PROBLEMS, AND IN FACT, HIRED A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TEAM AT A COST -TO THE COUNTY OF $40,000 TO DO A 3 YEAR SURVEY. THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY INDICATED THAT THIS COUNTY HAD MORE THAN ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF WATER ASSUMING A STEADY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF GROWTH. HE NOTED THAT OBVIOUSLY TIMES CHANGE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU GET SO MANY CONTROVERSIAL AND DIFFERING RESULTS FROM THOSE YOU HIRE TO DO STUDIES. ATTORNEY BOGOSIAN CONTINUED THAT HE ALSO WAS INVOLVED IN ZONING THIS PARTIC U�AR PROP�RTY JUN 10 1981 7 600K � PAGE 6� !: _.