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boos 94ec asked if any of the Board would like to come out and live next to "ugly" for the 2-5 years or additional time it may be extended, maybe 10, 15, 20 years. When she went to apply for her agriculture tax exemption, she learned that an application for tax exemption for Mr. Koehler's property had also been made. No cattle have been on the property since July 31, 1994; it is not agricultural. She wondered if we can believe Mr. Koehler will do what he says he will do when the sand mining concludes. Bill Cazer, president of the Indian River Property Owners Association, was concerned about the amount of traffic which would be created on 5th Street SW, right across from their subdivision with approximately 45 homeowners and young drivers. They would be totally happy if the project was disapproved completely. However, if the Board chooses to approve it, they would appreciate the traffic being rerouted back to 74th Street and out by the dump, which already has a caution light, and eliminate the traffic hazard on 82nd. The trucks could go south on Oslo Road, rather than in front of their subdivision. There are already a lot of fruit haulers on 82nd. He agreed that there has to be some sort of time limit on it; the mining can't go on abusing people for the next 10 years. Philip Hite, who lives at the Airdrome, asked the Board if they would want a sand mining operation project next to their homes. He objected to the impact of traffic on residents of the Airdrome and the neighbors of the project. He predicted noise and danger to the kids and school busses and a diminution of property values. He asked the Board to take the time to go out and ride through the Airdrome community and put themselves in one of their homes, and think what they are going to be faced with, and asked whether they would like it. Sam McCall, 7575 1st Street SW, on the east border of the proposed mining operation, did not want a sand mine for a neighbor. Until he received a letter from the County the other day, he was never contacted about today's meeting; no one had ever contacted him. He predicted the water table would be affected as a result of the sand mine. He reasoned that agricultural zoning means you have to grow something, but a sand mine grows nothing. He thought it was wrong to allow a mining operation in agricultural zoning; it should be moved to light industry or another compatible zoning. The County's law says a sand mine should be 1,000 feet from a subdivision which does not have access to County water. Sand mining started in Indian River County in 1963 in agricultural zones 54 March 14, 1995