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S E P 2 5 199® BOOK . 1 F'AvE 4S He felt that was very civic minded of them, and he really appre- ciated Mr. Greco's asking that the Commission give this some future consideration even if the mall didn't go in. The Chairman determined that no one else wished to be heard and thereupon closed the public hearing. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by Commzissionew Bird, to approve staff's recommendation which was to enlarge the Route 60/Kings' Highway Node to 290 acres by including the subject 130 acre site in the node and amend the Traffic Circulation and Capital Improvement Elements of the Comp Plan to re- flect the improvements required by the Indian River Mall project, and to rezone the 130 acres to CG; this to be contingent on agreements being entered into with the developer, either through •the DRI process or whatever the County Attorney finds adequate, re- garding the reservation for water and sewer capacity as well as the needed road improvements to mitigate any transportation impacts, especially noting that the developer has indicated a willingness to give the necessary land on the east side of the canal on 66th Avenue for construction of any improvement needed there. Commissioner Wheeler noted that he has had some real internal conflicts with this whole thing. He did believe that possibly the majority of people in the community want a mall, but the County Commissioners are elected to.sit here and use their judgment to make some hard decisions. He has had conversations with many people in the community and the developers, and he cannot in good conscience support the proposed rezoning. He ran for office based on continuing the quality of life that we have in this community, and he believed the proposed mall will have an irrevocable effect on that. Although he may be in the minority, 48