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M. <br />T <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS ASKED ANYONE WHO WISHED TO SPEAK TO FILL OUT <br />A CARD AND TURN IT IN. HE THEN INTRODUCED THE BOARD AND STAFF MEMBERS <br />AND EXPLAINED THE FORMAT AND PROCEDURE FOR THE HEARING. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED PAUL ROSSKAMP, MR. ROSSKAMP STATED THAT <br />HE WAS FROM SURVEYING CONSULTANTS AND REPRESENTED THEIR CLIENTS, FST <br />PARTNERSHIP. THIS GROUP SOMETIME AGO PURCHASED ABOUT 14 ACRES ON <br />43RD AVENUE AND 1ST ST. (R.D.CARTER ROAD). THEY PURCHASED THIS <br />SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE A PORTION WAS ZONED C-1 AND A PORTION ZONED <br />RESIDENTIAL, AND THEY HAVE SINCE GONE INTO THE PLANNING STAGES WITH <br />THE INTENT TO USE THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ALONG 43RD AVENUE FOR A <br />COMBINATION TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX OF APARTMENTS AND OFFICE SPACE, THE <br />PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN SHOWS ZONING INTO LD -2. THEY ARE REQUESTING <br />THAT THE PRESENT ZONING BE MAINTAINED,BASICALLY BECAUSE ON THE WEST <br />SIDE OF 43RD AT R.D.CARTER ROAD AND GOING NORTH, YOU HAVE MOBILE HOMES, <br />TRAILERS AND A WAREHOUSE AREA, AND THEY DO NOT FEEL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY <br />SHOULD LOOK ACROSS THE STREET AT STORAGE BUILDINGS, ETC. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT ALL SPECIFIC <br />ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED; THE BOARD WILL <br />NOT RESPOND DIRECTLY, BUT WILL HOLD THEIR COMMENTS UNTIL ALL PUBLIC <br />INPUT IS RECEIVED. <br />EARL SPYTEK WAS CALLED AND PASSED, <br />WALT BURKETT SPOKE AS A HOME OWNER AND SMALL LAND OWNER. <br />HE WISHED TO COMMEND THE BOARD FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THIS PHASE OF <br />THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND USE PLAN AND FOR MAINTAINING A PROFESSIONAL <br />ATTITUDE DURING SOME OF THE VERBAL ATTACKS THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED AT <br />THE VARIOUS HEARINGS. HE BELIEVED THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS GONE THE <br />EXTRA MILE IN PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY <br />TO BE HEARD. MR, BURKETT COMMENTED THAT ESSENTIALLY THE MAIN ISSUE <br />APPEARS TO BE HOW MANY PEOPLE THE COUNTY CAN ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE. <br />THIS QUESTION LED SOME TO A MATHEMATICAL EXERCISE IN DENSITY AND <br />ACREAGES WHICH, IF YOU HAD A COUNTY WITH NOTHING IT IT, COULD RESULT <br />IN A POPULATION OF 600,000. MUCH OF THE COUNTY, HOWEVER, IS ALREADY <br />3 <br />Book PAE 410 <br />