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DEC 1984 BOOK 59 pa:,F 136 Commissioner Bowman asked those in the audience where they shop now, and they stated in Roseland, Sebastian, and the Village Beach Market. The Chairman asked if anyone further wished to be heard. L. A. Pickard, Charles Regner, and Marion Ball, all of Summerplace, each stressed that the residents do not see any need for any kind of shopping center, expressed concern about traffic and the damage the large semis that would be delivering to a shopping center would do to the road, and emphasized their desire to keep the area as it was when they found it. Mrs. Ball noted that if the Hutchinson Island Plan is maintained and development is limited to one unit per acre, the population never will occur anyway. Jeannette Lier of Orchid wished to know if a neighborhood node with something like a Publix and Eckerd's can be guaranteed as she felt without such a guarantee, the whole thing would fall through. Mr. Keating stated that we cannot guarantee specific stores and specific uses other than that they will be neighborhood type uses, but we do have a draft of a neighborhoodtype zoning district which will be more specific. Commissioner Wodtke explained the concept of a neighborhood node,.which at this point is different than a zoning classifica- tion, noting that it is necessary to substantiate that there is a need in the neighborhood. He further noted that the key element of the Hutchinson Island Plan is transportation, and it has been indicated that a neighborhood node will reduce trips across the bridge. Mrs. Lier felt only if there was a really outstanding market, would it cut down the trips. Chairman Scurlock believed we have the option of leaving this at 18 acres and then can consider expanding the node when we get an application from someone who wants to build a Publix-type store. We are not locked in forever in not being able to expand. 58