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Vista Gardens perceive as a crippling threat to safe passage into <br />and out of their homes. The projected commercial traffic of some <br />1500 cars per day pouring through the proposed Boulevard Shoppes <br />development poses a menace of giant proportions to the residents. <br />Mr. Certa emphasized the present difficulty in exiting from Vista <br />Gardens out onto U.S. #1, and believed that the shopping center <br />traffic would discover very quickly the alternate exit to Indian <br />River Boulevard, across Vista Garden's only access road. Not <br />only would that gravely impede the residents' passage, but it <br />would seriously increase the chances of an automobile or truck <br />accident blocking the entrance and completely isolating them from <br />emergency services. In conclusion, Mr. Certa urged the <br />Commission to reduce the magnitude of the proposed shopping mall <br />and its 1500 daily trips to the more modest proportions described <br />in the 1983 zoning recommendation. <br />Attorney Lloyd noted that some of the suggestions for site <br />plans have included development of up to 300,000 sq. ft. of <br />commercial space, with the initial development being 150,000 sq. <br />ft. Assuming that it was developed out to its potential, we <br />would be talking about something the size of four Wal-Mart <br />stores, and there is no way this particular property can support <br />that much traffic, water, sewage, and flood control. Attorney <br />Lloyd emphasized that is the reason why they are asking the <br />Commission to initiate a land use change to rezone that entrance <br />back to multiple family residential. <br />Chairman Scurlock recalled that back in 1983, he, <br />Commissioner Bird and Commissioner Wodtke voted for the commercial <br />rezoning and Commissioners Bowman and Lyons voted in opposition. During <br />this last year, however, he has spent a substantial amount of time <br />looking back at that particular decision as a Commissioner. In <br />researching the Minutes of that 1983 meeting, he remembered very <br />clearly Mr. Johnson, who represented the developer, standing and <br />saying that a Village Shop type of shopping center would be <br />25 <br />JAN 26 1988 <br />ROOK 73 FA.C-E.6S3 <br />