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r 1 .NOV 16 1993 gig PAG1 15 25 acres in order to go over and take this property into the node emasculates that whole intersection. Instead of adding 25 acres in order to connect up with one detached piece of property, Mr. Scent felt it would be preferable to increase the node back to the original 230 acres, let the nature of the intersection work for itself, and give other people a crack at future development rather than handing practically every bit of the commercial/ industrial area over to one ownership. Nancy Branch Offutt came before the Board representing the Vero Beach Board of Realtors who enthusiastically join the Sebastian and Vero Beach Chambers of Commerce in their endorsement of the proposal. She urged the Commission to consider the many benefits to the county and the mandate of the population in welcoming future light industry. Sebastian Councilman Jim Gallagher spoke of the need to provide the necessary economic opportunities for the youth of our community and urged the Commission to give an okay to the request of Helene Holding Company. Alvin Thomas, Mayor of Fellsmere, quoted an article from the TODAY newspaper wherein the Mayor of Malabar spoke of the great benefits brought to his town by Harris Corpora- tion. Mayor Thomas emphasized that we must provide our young people with something more meaningful than drugs and welfare, and believed that Helene Holding Company is offering us a start in this direction. He agreed that he certainly would not want a plant that would cause pollution, etc., but he has visited their existing.plant and been impressed with their operation. Mayor Thomas believed they do need room for expansion and felt that Mr. Scent, with his concern about the zoning, is representing special interests and wants to make a sale, which is understandable. Mayor Thomas mentioned that three of the Commissioners present are 106