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0 <br />M <br />M <br />�I <br />Commissioner Scurlock believed that if you look at Policy <br />5.3 in terms of utilities expansion, that provides for adequate <br />service to any development in our county. He felt it is a very <br />stringent requirement on the county to provide water and sewer <br />service when needed. <br />Attorney Kneller next took the floor representing Norpak <br />Corp., owner of 8,000 acres in northeast Indian River County. He <br />felt the Board must remember this is a Local Government Compre- <br />hensive Planning Act and large land owners are unique in that <br />they have the opportunity to hire private planners and consult- <br />ants and come in and plan their land properly. They have even <br />built belt lines around cities and often donate millions of <br />dollars for sewer lines and c'apacities. There are a lot of large <br />tracts in this county, and they all deserve a separate look. The <br />DCA is advocating a population based plan, and Attorney Kneller <br />contended that will drive up the price of every lot in Indian <br />River County. He informed the Board that Norpak Corporation <br />objects to the 1 unit to 5 acre AG designation on their property <br />east of 1-95 and to the 1 to 40 designation west of 1-95. This <br />is a large tract of land that needs to be planned as a large <br />tract of land and a planned.community. They also object to lack <br />of commercial and industrial uses. Attorney Kneller felt that by <br />just having these nodes, the County is cutting their own throats <br />and these opportunities are lost. He continued that the main <br />reason he is here today is regarding the property surrounding the <br />Sebastian River. This has been designated Conservation, and it <br />is their position that this is a "taking" and a denial of their <br />constitutional rights of equal protection. Attorney Kneller <br />stated that federal case law and federal statutes, particularly <br />42 U.S.Code, Section 1983, requires him to make a public warning. <br />They read the newspapers and know that the property around the <br />Sebastian River will be acquired. The public wants that land. <br />In fact, Land Use Element Policy 1.6 states the county's intent <br />to acquire that property. <br />L_ <br />77 <br />-ROOK A <br />