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pr, - SEP 8 1981 Booz 47 Puf 397 THEIR LAND BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE RURAL ATMOSPHERE; THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT ZONED AGRICULTURAL TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND USE THEIR LAND AS THEY WANT, SHE THEN URGED THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER THE PLANS THEY NOW HAVE FOR FELLSMERE . MS. WILSON ADVISED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT TO HAVE A REFERENDUM ON THIS MATTER AS IT WAS TOO IMPORTANT FOR JUST A FEW PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION CONCERNING THE AREA. DR. CHARLES G, HOLT, ORCHID ISLAND, CAME FORWARD AND STATED THAT THE WHOLE CRUX OF THIS MATTER WAS DENSITY. HE COMMENTED THAT ANY CITRUS MAN COULD TELL HOW MANY TREES HE COULD PUT ON HIS LAND; A RANCHER COULD TELL HOW MANY CATTLE HE COULD PUT ON HIS LAND; BUT WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM TELLING HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE PUT ON AN ACRE OF LAND. DR. HOLT FELT THERE MUST BE A FORMULA AND QUESTIONED HOW THE DECISIONS WERE ARRIVED AT REGARDING THE VARIOUS ZONINGS. HE THEN REMINDED THE BOARD TO BE SURE AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT "PUBLIC ACCESS" TO THE OCEAN. CHARLES W. WEBB, 715 TIDES ROAD, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND COMMENTED THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH WATER. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, HE NOTED THAT OUR POPULATION HAD INCREASED GREATLY, AND WARNED THAT IF WE DO NOT HAVE CUSTODIAL CARE TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE, THERE WILL BE A CATASTROPHE. MR. WEBB FELT IT WAS A FRIGHTENING SITUATION WHEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL PROFIT THE MOST ARE FOR THE CLOP. HE THEN PROPOSED TO THE BOARD THAT THIS MATTER BE TAKEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR A VOTE. NAME. BE HEARD, HIS NAME. BRENT B. REIDER WAS CALLED BUT DID NOT RESPOND. ANTHONY P. ALFINO DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CALLING OF HIS NAME. GEORGE P. YOST ALSO DID NOT RESPOND TO THE CALLING OF HIS ARTHUR F. SAMMUT WAS CALLED AND PASSED HIS OPPORTUNITY TO ROBERT GASKILL WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN HIS NAME WAS CALLED. DAVID M. LAPHAM WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN CHAIRMAN LYONS CALLED 4