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TO BE RAISED TO THE DENSITY SHOWN ON THE PLAN, I.E., IT DOES NOT <br />MEAN THAT AGRICULTURAL WILL NECESSARILY CONVERT TO RESIDENTIAL FOR <br />THE LIFE OF THIS PLAN. <br />FOR THE ABOVE REASONS, YOU CANNOT USE THE MAP CONTRIBUTED <br />BY THE BEACH ASSOCIATION AND MAKE A MEANINGFUL POPULATION ESTIMATE <br />USING THEIR METHODS, AND THEIR 600,000 PROJECTED POPULATION FIGURE <br />IS MEANINGLESS AND INACCURATE. OFFICIAL POPULATION ESTIMATES, WHICH <br />ARE MADE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, HAVE ON THE AVERAGE BEEN <br />REASONABLY ON TARGET, AND THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THEY WILL <br />NOT CONTINUE TO BE, <br />THE <br />UNIVERSITY <br />OF FLORIDA ESTIMATES A POPULATION <br />OF AROUND 104,000 IN <br />THE <br />YEAR 2000, <br />THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />TAKES A MORE CONSERVATIVE VIEW AND PROJECTS 127,000 FOR THE YEAR 20r'`. <br />WHAT IS THE SITUATION IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE EXISTING PLAN <br />AND DELAY ADOPTION OF THE MANDATED PLAN? <br />THE 1975 PLAN, WHICH WOULD CALCULATE TO ALLOW APPROXIMATELY <br />ONE MILLION POPULATION USING THE BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION METHOD, IS <br />A GUIDE, AND IT MAY AND HAS BEEN IGNORED;;YOU MAY REZONE CONTRARY TO <br />THE PLAN WITHOUT ALSO CHANGING THE PLAN. UNDER THE i981 -MANDATED PLAN, <br />YOU -CANNOT REZONE AT DENSITIES IN EXCESS OF THE DENSITY SHOWN ON THE <br />PLAN WITHOUT ALSO AMENDING THE PLAN, AND YOU ALSO MUST REZONE HIGH <br />DENSITY AREAS TO BRING THEM UNDER THE MAXIMUM STATED IN THE PLAN; THIS <br />REQUIRES TWO SETS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS, <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS CONCLUDED BY POINTING OUT THAT IT IS A LEGAL <br />REQUIREMENT OF THE PLAN THAT IT MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE HOUSING <br />NEEDS OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTY - THE RICH, THE POOR, THOSE <br />IN BETWEEN, THE RETIREE, AND ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR WORKING POPULATION. <br />THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTY RANGE IN INCOME FROM THE VERY, VERY RICH <br />TO A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION THAT ARE BELOW POVERTY LEVEL] WITH HOUSING <br />THAT RANGES FROM SOME OF THE MOST ELEGANT IN THE NATION TO OVER 2,001 <br />HOUSES THAT ARE DILAPIDATED AND SUBSTANDARD. WE HAVE A MOBILE HOME <br />POPULATION ABOUT EQUAL TO THE POPULATION OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS EXPLAINED THAT HE POINTED OUT THESE FACTS TO EMPHASIZE <br />THE NEED TO CONSIDER EVERYONE WHEN WE CONSIDER THE PLAN. <br />INTRODUCED PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER. <br />AUG 181991 <br />5 8 O <br />HE THEN <br />47 PA'A88 <br />