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Gordon Michael, 2655 69th Street, did not understand how <br />this matter has gotten this far without all the criteria required <br />by the PBZ being met. He told them that Mr. McQueen had not <br />contacted all of the grove owners, and he asked Planning why he <br />was not contacted. <br />Planner Boling explained that there was discussion that not <br />everyone had been contacted. The reason staff had that require- <br />ment in there was that we wanted statements from grove owners who <br />would be affected by that segment of the Trail. We did get some <br />responses, and it has been demonstrated to Public Works Director <br />Davis that the realignment would accommodate and, in some cases, <br />be better than the maneuvering difficultiesthat are there now. <br />Mr. Michael believed staff had stated this would not be <br />passed on to the County Commission until such letters were <br />physically in their hands. He pointed out that when you are <br />talking about one, two or three property owners in this area, you <br />are talking about people representing a lot of property. Pryor <br />wrote a letter of no objection, but he does not own any property <br />because he sold it to the Polo Club; John Morrison owns a small <br />piece on the south and is more into real estate; and everyone is <br />aware that the Lier family is in favor of the realignment. He <br />continued to stress that staff made recommendations that have not <br />been met, and the grove owners feel strongly about it. Mr. <br />Michael emphasized that we are talking about the moving of <br />150-200,000 boxes.of fruit, and it has been strongly recommended <br />not to go on A -1-A with tractors, etc. He believed there is no <br />way in the world you can move a tractor through the proposed <br />realignment safely and contended that the 900 turns will make it <br />very difficult to move the fruit. He confirmed that Earring <br />Point Groves does not have an entrance to Jungle Trail and the <br />reason they don't is that some years ago they agreed with the <br />Liers that since they had an entrance, they would use that for <br />security reasons. They started using A -1-A some years ago. <br />77 <br />JUN 2 V 1909nu '1 7 <br />