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Chairman Eggert noted that there were people in the audience who had not attended the previous public hearings, and she asked Community Development Director Bob Keating to give a brief overview of the background of this item. Director Keating explained that this is the second night public hearing to discuss this issue. We are rezoning land in the county to make the zoning of that land consistent with the land designations on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The Comprehensive Land Use Plan was transmitted to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) almost three years ago in September of 1989. It was approved and adopted by the County in February 1990 but it essentially was not approved by the DCA until June of 1991. That is because the DCA initially found the plan not in compliance. The County worked out a stipulated settlement agreement with the State and then adopted amendments to the plan. The plan was found consistent back in June of 1991. State law requires the County to make sure that zoning and land use of all property in the County be consistent, so that is our purpose tonight. Director Keating indicated on the enlarged map the broad areas to be rezoned. We are proposing to rezone over 200,000 acres of the county"s 300,000+ acres, which is almost two thirds of the county. A substantial portion of that land is west of I-95 and essentially will be rezoned from one agricultural district to another, with the exception of lands that are owned by the St. Johns River Water Management District which will be rezoned from an agricultural zoning designation to a conservation zoning designation. Because they are public lands owned by the St. Johns River Water Management District, they will have no density. There are three other agricultural use designations on the comprehensive plan, some west of I-95 and some east of I-95. Those range from 1 unit per 20 acres to 1 unit per 5 acres and the proposal tonight is to rezone all those that are currently designated on the land use map as 1 unit per 20 acres and 1 unit per 10 acres to a comparable zoning district. Director Keating stated that there are other areas where changes are being made tonight. An area in the central part of the county around 66th Avenue will be rezoned to reflect a change in the urban services area boundary. Properties there will be zoned to an Al zoning district, agricultural, 1 unit per 5 acres, and these are lands that have a comparable land use designation. There are some properties on the north barrier island that are designated 3 units per acre and will be given comparable zoning designations. There are minor changes being made around various nodes throughout the county. Director Keating reported that staff has attempted to notify people of this rezoning, tried to discuss the issues and 15 MOR (T) 'JUL Zi 1912