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JAN 2 6 1988 BOO 70 f CE 9O engineer's counts,the developer's consultant's reports, the DOT, and the State Police. There is prospect of improvement of U.S.#1 sometime in the future, but those improvements are marginal as far as this property is concerned. He pointed out that to go south on U.S. #1, you first have to go north and make a quick change of 3 lanes before turning around and heading back south. He stressed the difficulty and peril of trying to get out on U.S. #1 at present. This will be impeded further by construction traffic on U.S. #1 over the next couple of years when the DOT does one side of the road at a time and there will be detours and barricades all over the place. Mr. Curtain felt the solution here would be to not only reduce this facility to one half, but declare a moratorium on any construction of any nature from 1st Street to 4th Street, at least until all of the DOT work is completed. Commissioner Bird stated that when he voted for the commercial zoning in 1983, he felt that if the shopping center was done in a low scale, tasteful, architecturally pleasing manner, and if it preserved as much of the natural beauty of the site as possible, it might be a benefit for the residents there. However, the shopping center, as it is proposed, definitely does exceed, in his mind, what he envisioned it to be back in 1983. He emphasized that while he is very concerned about everyone in Indian River County, he is especially concerned about those who live within his district, and he is hearing loud and clear this morning that they see this shopping center as a negative to their life style. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Bird, SECONDED by Commissioner Wheeler, that the Board accept the recommendation of the Vista Gardens Association and schedule a public hearing for the purpose of a County - initiated land use change to the Comprehensive Land Use 32