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JAN 15 1986 now 63 P4 -H283 COMMUNITY COLLEGE/D.O.C. REZONING QUESTION Planning Director Keating informed the Board that staff put this item on the agenda without any backup so that the college could have an opportunity to present their problem. Dr. Herman Heise came before the Board to speak on behalf of the college and the Dept, of Corrections. He explained that they are grandfathered in on a zoning situation which does permit the college on 31 acres on Lundberg Road, and the Board of Trustees are in the process of giving 5 acres to the D.O.C. for the purpose of having dormitories. Plans are t,o have about 2,000 corrections officers go through this facility each year for training. The initial request for a 72 unit dormitory will be enlarged as the facility continues to grow, and the long range plan is eventually to make Mueller Center the specified Corrections Academy for the State of Florida and locate the college center somewhere else. Hopefully they will be able to sell part of the property because the D.O.C. will not need all 31 acres and the college will be looking for another site. Dr. Heise noted that they have had difficulty on this site from the beginning with the water, the road, the lights, etc. and it is the hope and plan of the college and the D.O.C. to be able to make use of the water and sewer facilities the county will have available. Chairman Scurlock believed our Utilities Director has been working on this already and is trying to acquire an easement from the Poteats who have the neighboring -property; it is possible we may have to go to condemnation. Administrator Wright suggested we work with the Community College on this as possibly they may want to condemn rather than the county. Chairman Scurlock inquired what we need to do to facilitate the rezoning as he believed the Commission feels strongly that the college is -a definite asset to the community. 42