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F7 JUL 15 196 BOOK 65 PAGE 94 Chairman Scurlock felt a neighborhood node would be more appropriate as he did not see why we would want to attract more traffic to a limited access point. Director Keating explained that staff is looking at it from the standpoint that the applicant is asking for less; that the major arterial has the capacity for the trips that would be attracted; and they would be looking at decel lanes, signaliza- tion, etc. Chairman Scurlock asked if he was saying this all could be mitigated by signalization, etc., and that it won't be a problem, and Director Keating explained that he was saying those are the characteristics staff would look at at site plan time, and if the problems could not be mitigated, it would not be developed. Attorney Quinn continued to present his arguments against Vista Properties' request at length and to emphasize that in comparing staff's previous recommendation and the current recom- mendation, there are great disparities in reaching conclusions. He then noted that in 1983 this same developer came before the Commission on another request for a 20 acre commercial node on property lying just north of the South Relief Canal. Attorney Gordon Johnston was representing the developer at that time, and in the Minutes of that meeting the following points were made: "Vista plans to establish an attractive commercial area much like the Village Shops in Indian River Shores." Attorney Quinn noted that he does not see anything resembling the Village Shops by the South Relief Canal and further noted that Vista Properties own attorney stated that "the South Relief Canal is a natural cut off point for commercial on U.S.I." Attorney Quinn then referred to the bad traffic situation on South U.S.I . He felt there are enough commercial nodes along there already and expressed the belief that existing commercial areas should be allowed a chance to develop before new nodes are created. Chairman Scurlock agreed there is a tremendous amount of 23