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AUG 181981 mox 47 PAGE 195. <br />SHEILA MCGINTY OF 41ST AVENUE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE <br />LIVED IN AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN ZONED FOR ONE DENSITY AND SEVERAL <br />'HEARINGS WERE HELD WHERE DEVELOPERS TRIED TO GET HEAVIER DENSITY; SHE <br />STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIER DENSITY WAS VOTED DOWN, IT WENT IN. <br />MS. MCGINTY INQUIRED WHAT GUARANTY THERE IS, IF THE PUBLIC VOICES A <br />REQUEST FOR LOW DENSITY, THAT IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT AND WE WILL NOT <br />HAVE HAPPEN HERE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN FORT PIERCE. <br />MARK TRIPSON, JIM LUTHER, AND GEORGE BEUTTELL ALL PASSED <br />THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHEN CALLED. <br />JUNE KRAGH REMINDED THE BOARD OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO <br />PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT NEW <br />BUILDINGS AND STREETS, ETC., CREATING ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WHICH GOES <br />INTO THE RIVER AND DOES NOT RECHARGE OUR AQUIFER. <br />JENS TRIPSON, LIFETIME COUNTY RESIDENT, FELT WE SHOULD EITHER <br />STICK TO THE MASTER PLAN THAT IS PRESENTLY IN EFFECT OR ADOPT -THE PLAN <br />DEVELOPED BY THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE THE SERVICES NEED <br />TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN. MR. TRIPSON <br />EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LOSING SPACE FOR AGRICULTURE BY ALLOWING ONLY <br />3 UNITS PER ACRE INSTEAD OF BUILDING A LITTLE HIGHER. HE ALSO FELT IF <br />PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THIS COUNTY ALL THEIR LIVES DIRECT WHAT IS <br />GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTY, WE WILL BE BETTER OFF THAN HAVING IT <br />DIRECTED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN AND MAKING A FAST BUCK AND MOVING <br />OUT. MR. TRIPSON EMPHASIZED THAT A MAXIMUM OF 8 UNITS PER ACRE ANYWHERE <br />IN THE COUNTY WILL SPREAD THINGS OUT TOO MUCH AND URGED THAT WE STAY <br />WITH THE PLAN WE HAVE OR ADOPT ONE THAT IS REALISTIC FOR THE ENTIRE <br />COUNTY AND NOT JUST A SPECIFIC GROUP. <br />HENRY MULLER OF CUTLASS COVE DRIVE, A DEVELOPER WHO HAS BUILT <br />IN AND AROUND VERO BEACH FORA NUMBER OF YEARS, FELT WE HAVE HAD FIRST <br />RATE PEOPLE WORKING ON THE PROPOSED PLAN AND A DEDICATED GROUP OF <br />OFFICIALS, AND WE MUST NOT ALLOW THE EMOTIONALISM OF SPECIAL INTEREST <br />GROUPS TO DISTORT THE BALANCED VIEW TAKEN BY OUR PLANNERS, HE POINTED <br />OUT THAT EVERY PLAN IS NECESSARILY A CONTINUING PLAN AS YOU CAN `T PLAN <br />FOR THE YEAR 2000, AND YOU NEED A LOOSE FORMAT WITHIN WHICH YOU CAN <br />OPERATE WITH ADEQUATE CONTROLS TO MAINTAIN THE LOW DENSITIES WHICH THE <br />PROPOSED PLAN CALLS FOR. MR. MULLER DEPLORED THE STATEMENTS MADE <br />lit <br />