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M M M <br />The Chairman believed rf we proceed in the way suggested, we have <br />abandoned part of our right to change it back, and while this <br />development can have very positive impacts, he felt it also can <br />have negative impacts. <br />Commissioner Scurlock commented that the soil analysis <br />definitely seems to indicate that this property never has been <br />something that could be actively pursued as an agricultural <br />interest, and if we make the decision that it is not usable in an <br />economic way as agriculture, he felt it is then incumbent on the <br />Commission to grant some use to this property. <br />Commissioner Bird did not totally agree that this property <br />is'unusable as far as citrus is concerned. He pointed out that <br />there are producing groves on the west, east and south of it, <br />which properties have basically the same characteristics as the <br />subject property. He therefore, had reason to believe this land <br />could be made into a producing grove by ditching and diking, and <br />according to Doug Bournique of the Citrus League there will be a <br />great demand for citrus land in this County as soon as the canker <br />problem is cleared up and nursery stock becomes available. <br />Commissioner Bird emphasized that he was not saying that groves <br />have to go on that property, but that he did not think it is fair <br />to say that it is unusable for agricultural purposes. He <br />continued that the major problem he has with the proposed cha-nge <br />is that it represents such a drastic deviation from the <br />Comprehensive Plan which we spent seven years developing. While <br />he had no question that this would be a beautiful project of the <br />type we would want to encourage, it definitely would leapfrog, <br />and he did feel there should be a more logical consistent way to <br />develop than jumping two miles over agricultural lands out into a <br />rural area of the County and then trying to in -fill. He stressed <br />that one of the main goals of the Comprehensive Plan was to <br />prevent urban sprawl and in -fill the areas where services are <br />available, and he was concerned what message it would send to all <br />the other developers in the county if we made such a jump. <br />45 <br />D E c 41985 BOOK FA UE 917 <br />