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Fr SEP 16 1981 Book 47 PACE 497 <br />IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THOSE PRESENT THAT IF THE APPLICANT <br />GIVES A 50' DEDICATION, HE WILL MEET THE SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS <br />AND CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBDIVIDE AND ALSO THAT THE INTENT OF THE <br />PROPOSAL UNDER DISCUSSION WAS AN EFFORT BY THE TECHNICAL REVIEW <br />COMMITTEE TO TRY TO REACH A MORE BENEFICIAL SOLUTION FOR THE PUBLIC <br />BY HAVING TWO TRACTS OF LAND BENEFIT FROM ONE ROAD RATHER THAN HAVE <br />ENTRANCES ON STATE ROAD AIA EVERY 140', <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED REGARDING THE MEANDERING ROAD ON THE <br />HOPWOOD PROPERTY AND WHETHER THERE WAS ANY POSSIBILITY OF REACHING <br />AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND MRS, HOPWOOD ABOUT HAVING A <br />COMMON MEANDERING ROAD, <br />JOHN LUTHER, MRS, HOPWOOD'S GRANDSON, STATED THAT HE AND <br />HIS WIFE HAVE ACQUIRED THE RIVERFRONT PROPERTY ACROSS AIA. FROM <br />f"iRS, HOPWOOD'S.PROPERTY AND THEY ARE BUILDING THEIR HOUSE ON 3-1/2 <br />ACRES OF GROUND, THE PROPERTY OWNERS NEXT TO THEM ARE BUILDING THEIR <br />INDIVIDUAL HOMES ON FIVE AND SIX ACRE LOTS, AND HE FELT THEY HAVE <br />MADE A STATEMENT AS TO HOW THEY FEEL THE BEACH SHOULD BE DEVELOPED SO <br />THAT VERO BEACH IS NOT ONE CONTINUOUS SUBDIVISION, HE THEN DISCUSSED <br />ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THE WATER PROBLEM IN THE AREA AND THE PROBLEMS <br />THAT WILL BE CAUSED BY A LOT OF SEPTIC TANKS, <br />GLENN WAKEMAN, PROPERTY OWNER IN SMUGGLER'S COVE,.SPOKE <br />ABOUT LACK OF WATER IN THE SHALLOW AQUIFER AND THE PROBLEM OF <br />EVACUATION OF THE BEACH IN THE EVENT OF A HURRICANE, AND EMPHASIZED <br />THAT HE WOULD OBJECT TO ANY INCREASED DEVELOPMENT, <br />IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 35 HOMES <br />IN SMUGGLERS COVE AND ABOUT 25 HOMES IN WYNN COVE AND THAT THE PRO- <br />POSED SALTAIR SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS THE SAME AREA AS ABOUT 20 LOTS <br />IN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS, IS PROPOSED TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO 6 OR 71.LOTS <br />IT WAS ONCE AGAIN EMPHASIZED THAT IF A DEVELOPER HAS THE PROPER ZONING <br />AND COMPLIES WITH THE ORDINANCE, THE BOARD HAS NO AUTHORITY TO TELL <br />THAT DEVELOPER THAT HE CAN'T DEVELOP JUST BECAUSE HIS NEIGHBORS WOULD <br />PREFER TO SEE THE PROPERTY REMAIN IN ITS NATURAL STATE, <br />CATHY DETKO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHE HAS LIVED AT <br />GRACEWOOD LANE FOR 15 YEARS; THE PROPERTY THERE IS VERY SPECIAL, <br />AND SHE HAS BEEN ASSURED FOR MOST OF THIS PERIOD OF TIME THAT IT <br />COULD NOT BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MEET THE SUBDIVISIONS <br />CODES, BASED ON THAT, SHE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE THAT PROPERTY, <br />30 <br />