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ATTORNEY HENDERSON NEXT DISCUSSED THE PROPERTY OWNED BY LONG <br />TIME COUNTY RESIDENTS, CLARA DALES AND FAMILY, WHO DEVELOPED LITTLE <br />ORCHID ISLE SOUTH OF WABASSO CAUSEWAY AND PRESENTLY OWN 130-150 ACRES <br />LOCATED BETWEEN LITTLE ORCHID SUBDIVISION AND THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER <br />SHORES. THE DESIGNATION OF A LARGE PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY INTO <br />AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ZONE IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE DALES, AND <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON CONTENDED THAT THIS TERM, WHICH IS NOT DEFINED IN <br />THE PLAN AS TO USES ALLOWED, ETC., HAS A CERTAIN STIGMA AND MORE OR LESS <br />INFERS THAT A LARGE PART OF THE PROPERTY COULD BE ZERO UNITS PER ACRE. <br />HE NOTED THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS PROPERTY IS ABOVE THE HIGH WATER <br />LINE AND COULD BE DEVELOPED, AND HE BELIEVED THIS PROPERTY WAS INCL-UDED <br />IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ZONE MAINLY DUE TO LACK OF DEFINITIVE <br />STUDIES. ATTORNEY HENDERSON DID NOT FEEL THE BOARD SHOULD IMPOSE THE <br />BURDEN OF MAKING SUCH STUDIES ON THE OWNERS OF THE WETLANDS, AND HE <br />ASKED AT THE VERY LEAST, THAT THE BOARD CHANGE THIS TERMINOLOGY TO <br />SOMETHING ELSE. <br />BETTY WATKINS OF 19TH STREET STATED THAT SHE WONDERED HOW <br />OUR BEACHES WILL ACCOMMODATE THE PROJECTED POPULATION WITHOUT BECOMING <br />LIKE CONEY ISLAND AND WHETHER THE TOURISTS WILL STILL WANT TO COME TO <br />VERO BEACH IF IT IS LIKE CONEY ISLAND. SHE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF REFEREN- <br />DUM. <br />FREDERICK MESSNER, JR., PRAISED VERO BEACH AS THE PERFECT <br />RETIREMENT COMMUNITY - A RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL COUNTY WITH NO <br />POLLUTION, PLENTY OF GOOD WATER, BEAUTIFUL BEACHES KEPT FREE OF HIGH <br />RISES, AND MINIMAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION. HE FELT THE KIND OF GROWTH <br />WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN HEALTHY AND THAT <br />WE SHOULD SET OUR DENSITIES TO CONTINUE THE SAME TYPE OF GROWTH IN THE <br />YEARS TO COME, MR. MESSNER URGED THAT WE KEEP THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL <br />AND RESIDENTIAL AND OBJECTED TO ZONING 230 ACRES ON ROUTE FO FOR <br />INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE. HE SAW NO REASON FOR HAVING ANY MORE <br />INDUSTRY IN VERO BEACH, AND FELT IT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE BIG CITIES. <br />.JACQUELINE SIEFARTH OF 34TH AVENUE NOTED THAT TAXES HAVE <br />DOUBLED THIS YEAR AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE THE PLAN <br />WILL COST THE TAXPAYERS IN REGARD TO SUPPLYING THE ADDITIONAL FIRE <br />PROTECTION, POLICE PROTECTION, AND OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL BE NEEDED. <br />SHE SPOKE IN FAVOR OF A REFERENDUM. <br />AUG 181991, 17 som 4-7 mcf 2n® <br />