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S E P 211983 <br />600K 4 PAGE -678 <br />promised the County. If they would have known back then, <br />they would have gladly reduced the commercial down to this <br />"node" and provided for recreational facilities and all the <br />other amenities for the development. They could have added <br />a few hundred more units, and this problem would not exist <br />today. However, they went ahead exactly as the County <br />wanted, and now they are stuck with an isolated piece which <br />cannot be included with the existing condominium <br />association. Whatever goes into that area has to be filed <br />separately. If they put in an additional development, then <br />he knew they would receive strong resistance from the <br />residents. He felt that this situation is unique and would <br />not pop up again on U.S. #1 -- it was a one time deal. <br />David Rever, former County Planning Manager, recalled <br />that he had asked back then how commercial and neighborhood <br />nodes would affect Vista Royale because it had always been <br />planned for commercial and was told that the situation was <br />ideally suited for multiple layered densities of commercial, <br />etc. <br />Mr. Johnston felt that a lot of the Board's concerns <br />could be solved with the site plan process and that the <br />Board should keep in mind the excellent track record of <br />Vista Properties. Vista Properties has cooperated in <br />developing an attractive, functional use of property and has <br />no intention of putting in a mall the size.of the Vero Mall. <br />He stated that if a neighborhood node consisted of only 8 <br />acres, they would have 2.5 acres left over that was not <br />feasible on which to build additional units. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, the Board <br />unanimously closed the Public Hearing. <br />70 <br />