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OCT 5 1901 BOOK 47 pn 088 <br />Planning Director Rever referred to the Hibiscus Airport <br />and Old Dixie area where Ernestine Park requested the area be changed <br />from 12 units an acre to LD -1 or LD -2. Mr. Rever explained that it <br />was Staff's opinion that a compromise could be made to LD -2 or MD -1. <br />Commissioner Scurlock inquired why we were impacting this <br />area - Old Dixie is nearby, and schools are already in that location. <br />It seemed to him that this particular area should be lower in density. <br />Peter Robinson, Laurel Homes, came before the Board and <br />stated that the beauty of the Hibiscus Airport property was that it <br />met many of the goals in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The County <br />was supposed to plan and provide for future growth, and he pointed <br />out that service facilities were available at that location. Mr. <br />Robinson advised that this tract was bounded by a drainage canal <br />and two main streets; he felt that it should stay at 10 units an <br />acre to provide affordable housing. He commented that it was getting <br />harder to provide affordable housing for the average working man. <br />Commissioner Wodtke stated that he would prefer to see it <br />remain at 12 and hoped that the Board would think very hard before <br />they reduced it to LD -1 or LD -2 or -anything less than 10. <br />Bob Fleckenstein, interested citizen, came forward and <br />discussed the size of the tract in question, which he thought was <br />1/4 of a section. <br />Frank Zorc, interested citizen, came before the Board and <br />gave a brief history of how the Hibiscus Airport property was at <br />one time zoned industrial. Some time later, residents in the area <br />petitioned to have the land revert to R-1 zoning but were rejected. <br />Presently, he continued, the property was zoned R-2. Mr. Zorc felt <br />if the surrounding neighbors were questioned, they would prefer to <br />have it zoned R-1. <br />William Koolage, 815 26th Avenue, could not understand <br />why this property should be zoned MD -2 and suggested that zoned acreage <br />of the size of the Hibiscus Airport property should be spread out to <br />the northern part of the County. <br />