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Mr. Wilson stated that figures Ms. Law reported were expended since the project was in the corporation. He believed the total amount expended from the beginning is about $275,000 and that does not include land costs or interest or taxes. The Chairman asked if anyone further wished to be heard. William Dunford, resident of Hobart Landing, felt it is important to provide more information about what actually has transpired between the Hobart Landing community and Mr. Wilson. Mr. Dunford pointed out that when you live in a 25-30 unit single family waterfront community, it is not a very normal occurrence to have your elected representatives approve 192 units on 16 acres immediately adjoining your property, which units include three story condominiums'. Mr. Dunford informed the Board that Mr. Wilson originally came to him with a beautiful set of drawings and a proposition that if the Hobart Landing residents would support his request to rezone an additional ten acres immediately abutting to the east that he would downgrade his three story condos to only two stories; he would remove the currently planned main entrance which leads right to the Hobart Landing homes; only put a certain number of units on the 10 acres; and redo the whole development. This sounded very good, and there was some support in the Hobart Landing community until it was explained at the Planning & Zoning commission meeting, that Mr. Wilson could not change the site plan originally approved without getting a whole new site plan approval, and, therefore, all his verbal representations were just so much talk. Mr. Dunford felt that Mr. Wilson by his activities or lack of same, has demonstrated his representations cannot be depended upon. Chairman Bird inquired if Mr. Dunford had some consensus about what type of project the Hobart Landing 115 S F 211983 860K 54 PAcE"13 -