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MAY U 5 1992 BOOK 8b F' 'UE 358 Albert Kahn, applicant and owner of the 888 acres, stated that he bought the subject property 33 years ago and has sold approximately 300 acres since that time, which isn't exactly a boom situation. In fact, he is having trouble selling 5-10 acres a year in order to pay his taxes. Thirty-three years is a long time for an investment, which is why he is asking for rectification of the mistake that was made when the DCA objected to the 1 unit per 5 acres and cut the densities back to 1 unit per 10 acres. That is now referred to as an oversight, but it is opinion that an oversight is a mistake. Chairman Eggert wished to comment on the reference to an oversight. Having sat in on those discussions, it wasn't that this matter was not talked about. They did talk about the fact that it probably wouldn't develop very fast. The fact of the matter is that it was discussed, and she did not feel you could call it an oversight. Director Keating pointed out that from a planning viewpoint, staff doesn't have any problem with this tract going to a 1 unit per 5 acre designation. It makes sense to have this step down in density. However, an oversight did occur back when subdivisions were allowed to be established without any infrastructure. As a result, these 88 lots were created without any provisions ;for roads. Director Keating emphasized that it has been staff's position all along that the roads do not need to be brought up to standards to be paved, just that some assurances are needed that the easements or rights-of-way will be cleared and maintained. After extensive debate on the pros and cons of acceptance of the rights-of-way by the County and whether it would become the County's responsibility to improve the roads, Commissioner Scurlock pointed out that we are doing all these other wonderful things for the county, but the main purpose of establishing county government is to provide roads, bridges, and public safety. Herman Harris stated that he has been an associate of Mr. Kahn's since the beginning and recalled that when this master plan was first put into effect, it only went as far as I-95. They didn't think that Fellsmere even belonged to Indian River County. When he brought that to their attention, they sat down and worked with Park Lateral Canal, the natural boundary for this. Mr. Harris noted that the whole question comes up on land west of Willow Road, because most of the land that is west of Willow Road north of the City of Fellsmere has retained its land use designation. He knows that has been changed a number of times, however, because local people objected to the density of 1 unit per 2-1/2 acres. They knocked that out and the whole thing was changed. However, why 106