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scar 4 7 FAGF x.97 <br />BILL WILLIAMSON OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD SPOKE AS A YEAR- <br />ROUND LOCAL BUSINESSMAN AND CONCERNED CITIZEN AND URGED THE BOARD <br />TO ADOPT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS PROPOSED. <br />DAVID WILLIAMSON OF 650 BOUGAINVILLEA LANE ALSO WISHED TO <br />ENDORSE THE MASTER PLAN AS PROPOSED WITH PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION <br />BEING GIVEN TO THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, <br />BRUCE KALEITA OF DELTONA CORPORATION, MIAMI, STATED THAT, <br />AS A MAJOR DEVELOPER, HIS FIRM FINDS ITSELF IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED <br />COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. HE NOTED THAT THEY OWN 83 ACRES ON THE <br />OCEAN IN THE NORTH BEACH AREA AND ACQUIRED IT WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE THAT <br />THE COUNTY WAS CONSIDERING REDUCING DENSITIES FROM 15 TO 6. HE BELIEVED <br />THIS WILL BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE AND ALSO REDUCE THE PROBLEM WITH <br />UTILITIES. MR. KALEITA CONGRATULATED PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER AND HIS <br />STAFF ON THEIR WORK. <br />.JERRY KEEN, A CONCERNED CITIZEN,AND PROPERTY OWNER, SPOKE IN <br />FAVOR OF THE DENSITY PROPOSED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH THE EXCEP- <br />TION THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AGRICULTURAL CHANGED BACK TO ONE UNIT <br />PER FIVE ACRES INSTEAD OF PER TEN ACRES. HE BROUGHT UP THE PROBLEM OF <br />PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BECOME NON -CONFORMING AND EMPHASIZED THAT THE <br />DENSITY SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED ANY FURTHER THAN THAT RECOMMENDED BY THE <br />PROPOSED PLAN SO THAT THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY CAN LIVE WITH IT. <br />CHRIS HUBBARD, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE VERO BEACH - INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED <br />PLAN WHICH THEY BELIEVE IS A GOOD PLAN AND BASED ON A LEGITIMATE FIGURE <br />OF 127,000 PROJECTED POPULATION. HE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE <br />PLAN HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE YOUNG <br />PEOPLE STARTING OUT AND THE OLD PEOPLE RETIRING. MR, HUBBARD POINTED <br />OUT THAT THE LAND USE PLAN IS A GUIDE WHICH CAN BE AMENDED AND WHICH <br />SHOULD BE REVIEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND MORE OFTEN, IF NECESSARY. <br />AGREED THAT WE WANT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO REMAIN SOMETHING SPECIAL <br />AND BELIEVED WE HAVE THE TOOLS, SITE PLAN APPROVAL, ETC., TO CONTROL <br />GROWTH. HE URGED THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REMEMBER THAT THE <br />PLAN BEING CONSIDERED IS THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF WORK BY THE <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PLANNERS HIRED BY THEM, <br />14 <br />HE <br />