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BOX 47 <br />SEP 1 1981 <br />CHARLES DAVIS CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE VERO <br />BEACH -INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF REALTORS. HE STATED THAT HE <br />PERSONALLY RESENTED WHAT HE PERCEIVES TO BE THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION <br />THREATENING THIS COMMISSION AND THROUGH THEM, THE CITIZENS OF THIS <br />COUNTY WITH LITIGATION IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR OWN WAY, HE <br />BELIEVED THIS IS UNFAIR AND A RATHER SELFISH POINT OF VIEW. <br />SIR. DAVIS STATED THAT THE REALTORS SUPPORT THE PLAN AS IT HAS BEEN <br />PRESENTED. IT IS A SERIOUS PLAN PREPARED BY PROFESSIONALS, WHICH <br />RECOGNIZES THE FACT THAT ABOUT 120,000 PEOPLE WILL LIVE HERE IN THE <br />YEAR 2000 AND ALLOWS A PROPER FLEXIBILITY WITH PROVISIONS FOR <br />REVIEW AND CHANGE. MR. DAVIS CONTINUED THAT A GREAT DEAL OF WORK <br />NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE IMPLEMENTING OF THE ZONING, BUT HE BELIEVED <br />THIS WORK SHOULD BE DONE AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE BASIC PLAN. HE <br />STATED THAT THE REALTORS ARE WILLING TO WAIT TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS <br />WITH SPECIFIC PROPERTIES AT A LATER DATE BECAUSE IF WE WAIT UNTIL <br />A TIME WHEN EVERYONE `S OBJECTIONS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED, WE WILL NOT <br />HAVE A PLAN. MR. DAVIS URGED ADOPTION OF THE PLAN AT THE EARLIEST <br />POSSIBLE TIME. <br />MICHAEL AVERELL WAS CALLED AND DID NOT ANSWER. <br />JORGE GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE MOORINGS, WAS CALLED NEXT. <br />HE STATED THAT HE IS A DEVELOPER AND PROUD OF IT, AND ALTHOUGH HE <br />CAN EMPATHIZE WITH SOME OF THE VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED <br />TONIGHT, HE COULD NOT GO ALONG WITH ALL THE CRITICISM OF THE <br />REALTORS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION. HE POINTED OUT THAT IF IT <br />WERENIT FOR THE REALTORS, DEVELOPERS, PLANNERS AND COUNTY COMMIS- <br />SIONERS WHO HAVE WORKED TO HAVE THE COUNTY GROW IN AN ORDERLY <br />MANNER OVER THE YEARS, THOSE MAKING THE CRITICISM MIGHT NOT BE <br />HERE TONIGHT. MR. GONZALEZ CONTINUED THAT AS A 10 YEAR COUNTY <br />RESIDENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MOORINGS, HE ENDORSED THE <br />LAND USE PLAN AS IT APPEARS TODAY. HE NOTED THAT THE PRIMARY RESERVA- <br />TION TO THE PLAN APPEARS TO BE A FEAR OF INORDINATE GROWTH WHICH <br />WOULD OVERTAX ALL OF OUR COUNTY SERVICES AND A FEELING THAT THE PLAN <br />SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE MAJORITY. HE POINTED OUT THAT GROWTH <br />DEPENDS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AND NOT THE OTHER WAY <br />AROUND, AND FELT THAT INSISTING ON A REFERENDUM IS NEITHER WISE NOR <br />