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never anticipate today. She was sure they could all work out their differences. She <br />thought it would also be helpful if they listed the real locations of the entities in the <br />County that could not be developed. <br />Councilmember Simchick addressed Commissioner O'Bryan's comments <br />regarding conservation, indicating that the people in the City love conservation, but as a <br />governing body it has to provide services, and jobs, and they are locked out. Therefore, if <br />the County was asking "isn't this great; isn't it what the citizens want;" it might be what <br />they want, but that which would provide their needs and services has been taken away <br />from them, she argued. Sebastian is just looking to ensure funding, through industrial <br />and commercial property, so they could provide services and jobs to the rest of their <br />citizens, because they are not built out within the Highlands. Ms. Simchick said they do <br />enjoy their conservation and are very proud of it, but they are at a point where they need <br />to acquire more lands for industrial and commercial. <br />Mayor Coy added that the Scrub Jays were not intentional, and Sebastian <br />has been limited by the conservation they have. She is proud to support the conservation <br />effort, but they are just looking for some expansion room, predominantly to their south, <br />for smart economic development. She noted that in its recent past, Sebastian has not <br />done annexations other than on a very small scale in the last four (4) years. They are <br />looking now to develop their business districts. She acknowledged that they will never <br />be a Vero Beach and even with what they are asking for, it still would not be the <br />commercial areas that Vero has. She believed they could work this out, but alluded that <br />Sebastian needs a little "wiggle room" to develop sensible growth. <br />Commissioner Davis asked, in relation to height in the industrial area, <br />whether Sebastian was looking for 35 feet or they wanted to have some flexibility in that. <br />18 <br />July 23, 2008 / Joint Workshop <br />ISBA, Sebastian <br />