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I <br />SEP 2 5 1990 <br />BOOK 81 P,4GE <br />Charles Davis, county resident, noted that he lives about a <br />mile and a half away from this site. He is a member of the <br />Regional Planning Council, and he bglieved Mr. O'Haire may have <br />left the wrong impression as to the Council's attitude because as <br />he.recal_ls it, their vote -in favor of this was unanimous. <br />Mr. Davis felt pretty strongly that we need this shopping. <br />With the exception of some shops on the beach, our shopping in <br />this community is* not real class, and 'we do have to. -'travel to get <br />the opportunities offered by a r.egional mall. Mr. Davis also <br />felt an important factor is the job -factor, and the mall <br />eventually will employ about 2500 people. He personally has an <br />office at Ryanwood, which he agreed has not been a smashing <br />success, and the general feeling he gets from the merchants at <br />Ryanwood is that this will help them. That will become a service <br />plaza, and the additional business brought in will help that <br />area. Mr. Davis further thought that the mall can be a focal <br />point for development around the area. A shopping center tends <br />to centralize growth around it. There was some mention of <br />housing, and he believed this would give us an opportunity, if <br />the Commission used its zoning power and planning to promote some <br />zoning that would let us get to some affordable housing which is <br />really needed in this county. Mr. Davis urged that the Board put <br />in the safeguards and go ahead and approve this project. <br />There were boos from the audience, and Chairman Eggert <br />requested that those present maintain the proper decorum. <br />John Morrison, 531 Indian Harbor Road, wished to point out <br />that there is a vast business in our county that encompasses over <br />100 square miles - the citrus industry, which brings 160 million <br />dollars a year into this county and employs 200 of all those <br />employed in Indian River County. This industry is in a difficult <br />situation at this time because of regulatory impacts coming from <br />the DCA. The citrusmen's bankers require an alternate of a <br />density requirement in the event this land some day would be <br />converted to an urban utilization, and the citrusmen are in a <br />44 <br />