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the subject property, and he did not think it was good planning <br />to have those densities there. <br />Doug Borofsky, a University of Florida scientist working at <br />the Lab, could appreciate Attorney O'Haire's comments about his <br />clients having an investment in this land and being entitled to <br />their rights to develop their property, but other people also <br />have an investment'in this matter. He, himself, has a lifetime <br />of research invested and the federal government has millions of <br />dollars invested in this property, which would be greatly <br />impacted by the proposed densities. Mr. Borofsky anticipated <br />that residents of the proposed development would be calling the <br />Mosquito Control District to get the area sprayed, and then after <br />awhile the mosquitos would become resistant and mutated, and all <br />that time and research would go down the drain. If this <br />development goes in, he would call it an ecological disaster. <br />Pat Brown, 1740 21st Street, pointed out that the owners of <br />this property purchased it knowing it was zoned at RS -1 and still <br />can use the RS -1 zoning. She didn't feel the applicant has shown <br />a good reason why there should be anything else there and didn't <br />know why this community has to prove that he should not get RM -6. <br />In addition, since the County's land development regulations are <br />presently undergoing a change, she didn't feel it was the time to <br />be approving this rezoning. <br />Janice Broda, 9335 Frangipani Drive, spoke on behalf of the <br />conservation committee of the turtle coast group of the Sierra <br />Club, who feel that incompatibility with existing adjacent land <br />uses and traffic concurrency are two compelling reasons to deny <br />this rezoning request. The RM -6 zoning also would be <br />inconsistent with Objective #6 of the Conservation Element of the <br />Comp Plan which is that ":Sufficient upland vegetation communities <br />to maintain viable.populatio'ns of all native plant and animal <br />species, and representative stands of each habitat type in Indian <br />River County, will be preserved." Mrs. Broda emphasized that <br />40 PUbK F'�� F 6 <br />JUL <br />