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t <br />JOHN SULLIVAN, 1455 90TH AVENUE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND <br />SPOKE AT GREAT LENGTH ABOUT MOBILE HOME OWNERS AND HOW THEY DO CARRY <br />A VERY LARGE SHARE OF TAXES. HE PRAISED THE DEVELOPERS OF VILLAGE <br />GREEN AS BEING THE BEST MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY IN THE STATE. MR. <br />SULLIVAN SPOKE ABOUT THE OTHER MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THAT GENERAL AREA, <br />TOTALLING UP TO APPROXIMATELY 4,800 MOBILE HOMES, AND HOPED THE BOARD <br />CONSIDERED THE OVERALL IMPACT IN THAT ONE SMALL AREA. HE HOPED THE <br />BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THE VERY LARGE IMPACT ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL BE <br />CREATING AND THAT THE BOARD LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE FOR THE NEED <br />OF MORE FIRE EQUIPMENT, MORE POLICE PROTECTION, AND MORE WATER AND <br />SEWERS. MR. SULLIVAN SUGGESTED THAT NOT ONLY SHOULD VILLAGE GREEN BE <br />ASSESSED, BUT ALSO ASSESS EVERYBODY ELSE THAT COMES ALONG IN THAT <br />GENERAL AREA, THEN RETURN PART OF THE ASSESSMENT TO VILLAGE GREEN ON <br />A PRO -RATA BASIS. HE THEN COMPLIMENTED VILLAGE GREEN FOR THEIR <br />GENEROSITY IN DONATING LAND TO THE COUNTY. <br />FRED MESSNER, VILLAGE GREEN, COMMENTED THAT HE WAS ONE OF <br />THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS THERE, AND DURING THE LAST HURRICANE THE <br />RESIDENTS DID STAY AT THE RECREATION HALL, EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT <br />HAVE WATER AND LIGHTS. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />VICE CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUMMARIZED THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO <br />HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHLORIDES, AND ABOUT ROSEWOOD <br />ROAD, WHICH WILL BE AN INTERIOR ROAD IN THE DEVELOPMENT. HE REITERATED <br />THAT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL COULD BE CHANGED TO RANCH ROAD AND ROUTE 60, <br />VILLAGE GREEN IS TO PAY THE EQUIVALENT COST OF SIGNALIZATION AT THE <br />ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON ROUTE 60 IF THE LIGHT IS MOVED TO <br />RANCH ROAD. IN LIEU OF BUILDING A SHELTER ON THE SITE FOR CIVIL <br />DEFENSE PURPOSES, THE COUNTY WILL ACCEPT $50,000 CASH; MONIES TO BE <br />USED IN GENERAL CIVIL DEFENSE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY, FOR FIRE PROTECTION, <br />A ONE-HALF ACRE SITE WILL BE DONATED TO THE FIRE DISTRICT PLUS $25,000 - <br />OR $40,000 IF THE SITE IS NOT USED - ALL MONIES TO TRANSPIRE AT 50% <br />DEVELOPMENT OR WHEN READY TO CONSTRUCT, AND VILLAGE GREEN WILL KEEP <br />THE INTEREST. <br />ATTORNEY OWENS EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE PROCEDURES AND <br />OF NOTICING THE PUBLIC WHEN THE BOARD IS READY TO SIGN THE DEVELOPMENT <br />ORDER. <br />JUL 29198113 oo- SPACE 1�3 <br />