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' JUN IS, 1,991 BOOK 83 P"";E 6 sizes, depending on the distance from the urban service area. The least intensive is a minimum of 1200 acres, and if it is within one mile of the Urban Service Area the one mile is "boundary to boundary" and does not include the entire project. A few other important points with this mixed use district are that any proposal for the mixed use district would have to be approved by this Board through the mechanism of the comprehensive plan amendment. It would have to go through a process known as Florida Quality Development project, which is a rigorous process in itself. There would have to be sufficient data and analysis accompanying the recommendation or proposed amendment to justify its need and to justify all the parameters of the project. There would be a minimum amount of affordable housing. The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Attorney Bruce Barkett came before the Board and commended staff's work and the Commission's action. He felt if this proposal holds up going through all the hoops, it will be held up globally as a model. He requested that in the motion the Commission should record Mr. Keating's comment that the proximity requirement is boundary to boundary and not that the entire project has to be within the one -mile proximity of the Urban Service Area. Chairman Bird thanked staff for their work on this project. He reflected it gives some of the large agriculture property owners some glimmer of hope and, in view of the process, it is going to be interesting to get through. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Scurlock, the Board unanimously (4-0) adopted Ordinance 91-27 amending the future land use element of the comprehensive plan by creating a mixed use land use designation, including the "boundary to boundary" clause, as recommended by staff. 78