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CHAIRMAN LYONS WELCOMED THOSE PRESENT AND INTRODUCED THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE STAFF MEMBERS. HE ADVISED THAT THE SAME PROCEDURE WOULD BE FOLLOWED THAT WAS USED AT THE FIRST TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN. THE CHAIRMAN THEREUPON OPENED THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND CALLED .JOAN PREUSS. SHE WAS NOT PRESENT. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED ROBERT SCHUMAKER. BRUCE G. KALEITA, PLANNER FROM THE DELTONA CORPORATION, STATED THAT MR. SCHUMAKER WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING, AND HE WOULD SPEAK IN HIS BEHALF. HE STATED THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS GIVEN THE ABILITY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH - TO CONTROL AND MANAGE THE GROWTH. MR. KALEITA COMMENTED THAT THE AVERAGE CITIZEN SEES THE CLUP AS A BLUEPRINT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SLAM THE DOOR ON FUTURE GROWTH. HE HOPED THE BOARD WOULD ENACT A PLAN THAT WOULD ENABLE REASONABLE GROWTH AND FELT IT SHOULD BE A MIXTURE OF DENSITIES AND NOT JUST LOW DENSITY ACROSS THE BOARD. HARRY KLIMAS DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CALLING OF HIS NAME. DON NIEHAUS, A BUSINESSMAN IN WABASSO, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. HE STATED HE BOUGHT HIS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THERE SIX YEARS AGO TO BUILD A FAMILY BUSINESS AND IF THE CLOP IS ADOPTED, IT WOULD BE REZONED TO LD -1 AND WOULD WIPE AWAY HIS DREAMS FOR THE FUTURE. MR. NIEHAUS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE 16 OTHER COMMERCIALLY ZONED BUSINESSES ON THE EAST SIDE OF US #1 AND THEY WOULD ALL LIKE TO SEE IT RETAINED UNDISTURBED AS COMMERCIAL. MADELINE GASKELL WAS CALLED BUT DID NOT RESPOND, BILL F. STEGKEMPER, OF 161 12TH ST. S.E., CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. HE BELIEVED IT WAS THE DUTY OF THE BOARD TO EVALUATE EVERYTHING DISCUSSED AND NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY SOME PRESSURE GROUPS. TAMLIN KARL WAS UNABLE TO BE PRESENT AND SUSAN WILSON CAME BEFORE THE BOARD INSTEAD. SHE STATED THAT NOT ONE PERSON IN FELLSMERE LIKES THE CLOP, AS THEY DO NOT WANT TO BECOME ANOTHER ORANGE OR DADE COUNTY. MS. WILSON COMMENTED THAT THE RESIDENTS IN FELLSMERE BOUGHT 3 Bou 47 PAGE 6