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_ e s <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS EXPLAINED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM <br />THE WATER MAIN AND SEWER HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, BUT THERE IS A TWO-STEP <br />PROCESS, FIRST, IF A DEVELOPER BUILDS A CONDOMINIUM, THEY HAVE TO <br />PUT IN A SEWAGE PLANT OF THEIR OWN, AT SOME LATER DATE, THE <br />CHAIRMAN NOTED, IF THE COUNTY GOES INTO THE SEWER BUSINESS, THEN THE <br />RUNNING OF THE LINES WOULD BE PAID FOR BY THOSE PEOPLE USING THOSE <br />LINES. <br />MR. PRINGLE HOPED THAT ALL THIS WOULD BE PROPERLY PLANNED, <br />AND THAT THE BOARD PROCEEDS SLOWLY IN ORDER THAT IT WOULD BE DONE <br />RIGHT - HE DID NOT WANT THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTY AND TOWN TO BE RUINED. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, 815 26TH AVENUE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND <br />SPOKE OF HOW HE CAME TO CHOOSE VERO BEACH AS HIS PLACE OF RETIREMENT <br />HE EXPRESSED GREAT DISMAY AT THE AREAS SOUTH OF THIS COUNTY BECAUSE <br />OF THE MANY HIGH-RISES. MR. KOOLAGE STATED HE WAS VERY CONCERNED <br />ABOUT THE BARRIER ISLAND. HE FELT THE CITIZENS DO NOT SEE THINGS <br />IN THEIR CONCEPTION THAT THEY ARE CONFRONTED WITH LATER; THEN ALL OF <br />A SUDDEN THERE IS A RUSH IN DEVELOPMENT. HE FELT THE SMARTEST THING <br />THE BOARD COULD DO WAS TO DECLARE A MORATORIUM UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN <br />WAS APPROVED. REFERRING TO THE TRAFFIC AND SEWER PLANT PROBLEMS ON <br />THE BARRIER ISLAND, HE FELT IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE ANY <br />PACKAGE SEWER PLANT WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN OVER BY THE COUNTY. MR. <br />KOOLAGE THOUGHT THE BARRIER ISLAND WAS A SAD SITUATION BECAUSE ALL <br />HE COULD SEE WERE THE DEVELOPERS COMING IN TO DEVELOP BEFORE THE <br />PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. HE URGED THE BOARD <br />NOT TO RUIN THE BARRIER ISLAND. <br />ATTORNEY WILLIAM J. STEWART, REPRESENTING GORDON NUTT, CAME <br />BEFORE THE BOARD, AND OBJECTED TO BEING TAKEN OFF THE PLANNING & <br />ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ON JUNE 25, 1981. HE THEN ELABORATED THAT <br />THE EFFORTS PUT FORTH BY THE DEVELOPERS IN THE 1920S AND 1930S MADE <br />VERO BEACH WHAT IT IS TODAY. HIS PARTICULAR CONCERN IN THE PROPOSED <br />ORDINANCE WAS THE "ALL OR NOTHING It APPROACH. HE THEN STATED THAT <br />MR. NUTT OWNED JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF THE PROPERTY MENTIONED <br />BOOK PAGEAn <br />JU L 2 1991 5 t <br />