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mixed use with some commercial in the front and some residential in the back (the Sebastian Crossings), so they are probably looking at something similar to that. Mayor Savage thanked staff and appreciated the City of Sebastian putting the meeting together. She believed this is something they could work out, and understood what Sebastian wants to do, but said they would have to do a lot of thinking of how they were going to get their roadway system through there. She perceived that if Sebastian wanted to do a big regional center, then I-95 needs be their main corridor where they are going to put a lot of employment, especially that type of regional employment. She argued that unless things drastically change from what they are now, and everyone stays in their own little corner of the world, it would create a bigger mess if they put the WEC in that area. She did not particularly care for the New Town concept of the County, because they all dump out on one road, and there is no connectivity to anything else. She did not have a problem with the 85 -foot height, and had her own ideas of places it should or should not be, but would not want it in her neighborhood. Attorney Stringer said they were looking at putting their industrial on Winter Beach Road and Citrus Highway and that would be feeding out to an interchange at the interstate, long term, because this is a 20 -year Plan. City Manager Minner added that as far as the transportation issues and the Employment Center, one was the intersection mentioned, and the other big one is 82nd Street and Laconia. He noted that even on the MP© that is in the long range Plan, and as they get into even longer range plans with the other MPQ's regionally, there has been the plan to hook up all those from Melbourne down to St. Lucie County on that interior parallel to I-95, similar to what Fellsmere is working with on Palm Bay on the west side. So that has the potential with 82nd Street/Laconia, and right there is a connectivity that is 23 July 23, 2008 / Joint Workshop ISBA, Sebastian