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RICHARD P. SCHULER, 2685 WHIPPOORWILL LANE, APPEARED BEFORE <br />THE BOARD AS AN INTERESTED CITIZEN. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR THE <br />FUTURE COSTS THAT THE RESIDENTS HERE WILL HAVE TO BEAR IN THE FUTURE, <br />BECAUSE AS WE GROW, THERE WILL BE INCREASES. MR. SCHULER ALSO WARNED <br />ABOUT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS IN THE AREA. HE ALSO URGED THE BOARD <br />TO BE SURE THE COUNTY KEEPS WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY THEIRS - SUCH AS THE <br />LAND THE GOVERNMENT GAVE FOR BEACHES AND PARKS. MR. SCHULER FELT <br />THE REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WAS GOOD BUT DID NOT PROJECT <br />COSTS - HE URGED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS MATTER CAREFULLY. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED MR. AND MRS. SNOKE OR DEBORAH PALMER, <br />AND DEBORAH PALMER, OF P. 0. BOX 12 IN ROSELAND, APPROACHED THE BOARD, <br />SHE STATED IT WAS PLAIN TO HER THAT THE PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF THE HIGH <br />DENSITY PLAN ARE THE ONES WHO WILL PROFIT; THOSE THAT WANT LOWER <br />DENSITIES ARE REGULAR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FAMILIES AND RETIREMENT - <br />NOT ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE BIG MONEY, MS. PALMER EXPRESSED <br />CONCERN ABOUT THE COUNTY ZONING AGRICULTURAL LAND INTO RESIDENTIAL <br />BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS EXCELLENT FRUIT AND THIS WOULD <br />BE DETRIMENTAL. SHE COMMENTED THAT IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF CITRUS ---TREES <br />ARE TORN DOWN IN ORDER FOR HOMES TO BE ERECTED. MS. PALMER FELT <br />THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS JUST TOO ERRATIC AND THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH <br />HONEST THOUGHT PUT IN FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY RESIDE <br />HERE. SHE ALSO FELT THE PLAN WAS BEING HURRIED THROUGH AND HOPED <br />THAT MORE TIME COULD BE SPENT ON IT TO DO IT RIGHT. <br />LOMAX GWATHMEY, 23 SEAHORSE LANE, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND <br />EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 20 YEARS. HE STATED <br />THAT HE TOOK ISSUE TO THE REMARKS WRITTEN ON THE YELLOW SHEET OF PAPER <br />WHICH GAVE SOME FIGURES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. MR, GWATHMEY <br />FELT THE CL_UP WAS INCONSISTENT AND OBJECTED TO THE WORDING. IT WAS <br />MENTIONED THAT THE CLOP WOULD ACCOMODATE 596,000 PEOPLE BUT THIS WAS <br />NOT A POPULATION PROJECTION, BUT.A THEORETICAL MAXIMUM LIMIT. HE <br />FELT WORDS WERE BEING TWISTED. MR. GWATHMEY STRESSED THAT THE PRESSURE <br />SEP 8 1981 5 Boos 47 rAcE 398 <br />