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roads. Staff recently met with the Fellsmere Water Control District and they have a lot. of the same concern in that area. Director Keating stated that staff does support the proposed amendment request, but the major concern is the infrastructure. Staff recommends that the Board approve the transmittal of this request to the State for their review, during which time staff can consider discussing this with the Professional Services Advisory Committee and come back to the Board if there is a mechanism to put into place a requirement for infrastructure improvements for lot splits in large tracts like this. Again, the primary concern is not so much having paved roads and particular urban types of improvements in this area, but at least delineating maintenance responsibilities and particular rights-of-way. Commissioner Wheeler understood that splitting a lot is not an easy thing to do under our requirements, but Director Keating advised that while we have a lot of requirements, it is specific in our land use requirements that lot splits can occur in these old plats of reclamation. Attorney Vitunac stated it was understanding that under the proposed redesignation, these lots could be split just once from one 10 -acre lot to two 5 -acre lots, and Director Keating confirmed that essentially there are 88 10 -acre tracts and each of those can be split once. Chairman Bird opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Representing the applicant, Attorney Bruce Barkett advised that for years Mr. Kahn has been able to offer 5 -acre tracts, but when the new Comp Plan was adopted, this property was redes- ignated to A-2, one unit per 10 acres. Staff recognizes this as an oversight, and Mr. Kahn's request is simply that the Board restore his status quo and maintain his ability to offer 5 and 10 -acre tracts such as he has been doing for 30 or more years. Mr. Barkett reiterated that the amendment meets requirements for concurrency, consistency, compatibility with the surrounding land use, and contains good planning principles to make it consistent with the areas around Fellsmere. In addition, they have a positive environmental recommendation because if this property was developed as agricultural, they would be exempt from the upland preservation requirement. If the property is developed as residential at one unit per acre, all the upland requirements would have to be met. With that report from staff and the unanimous recommendation for approval by the P&Z, Mr. Barkett urged the Board to approve- the transmittal of their amendment to the DCA. NOV _191211 Igg 55 )fc , P00r. U f� r'A�G Lij