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MRS. HAYNES FELT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS PLAN HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY ANYONE AND OUR TAXES WILL RISE. SHE NOTED THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SAYS THEY NEED FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW WORKING FAMILIES TO LIVE HERE, BUT HIGHER TAXES WILL NOT HELP THE WORKING FAMILIES. RALPH SEXTON NEXT TOOK THE FLOOR. HE COMMENDED THE BOARD FOR THE WORK DONE ON THIS PLAN AND STATED THAT HE WISHED TO SUPPORT THE PLAN. MR. SEXTON EMPHASIZED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND AS SUCH IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER AND IMPLEMENT IT. HE FURTHER FELT THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE WHO WILL CONSIDER ALL THE VIEWS AND TESTIMONY THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED. ISR. SEXTON NOTE` THAT HE HAS HEARD THAT THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY, BUT THIS IS DEMOCRACY AT WORK AND EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A SPEECH, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, HOWEVER, A DECISION HAS GOT TO BE MADE, AND THE COMMIS- SIONERS ARE THE ONES WHO SHOULD MAKE IT. HE FELT CONFIDENT THAT THE BOARD WOULD MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND SUPPORTED THEIR EFFORTS. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE PRESENT WHO WISHED TO BE HEARD. THERE WERE NONE. CHAIRMAN LYONS WISHED TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT NOTES HAVE BEEN TAKEN, AND THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY PIECE BY PIECE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL THEY HAVE HEARD, WHAT THEY KNOW AND WHAT HAS.GONE ON BEFORE. THE CHAIRMAN ONCE AGAIN ASKED IF ANYONE ELSE WISHED TO BE HEARD, AND THERE WERE NONE. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER BIRD,TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ASKED WHETHER IT IS THE INTENT TO CLOSE THE HEARING ON THE LAND USE PLAN OR THIS HEARING TONIGHT. CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT THIS IS THE CLOSING OF THE HEARINGS ON THE LAND USE PLAN AND REPEATED THAT HE INTENDED TO SUGGEST THAT WE NOW HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS, POSSIBLY THREE, IN WHICH WE DIVIDE THE COUNTY INTO AREAS AND AT THAT TIME CONSIDER THE QUESTIONS SEP 9 1981 11 �o� 47 ?AcE 418