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remarked that Sebastian has lost, to the Scrub Jays, all its industrial lands that are in its Comprehensive Plan - about 400 to 500 acres. He said there are no tracts of industrial/ commercial land in Sebastian, in profit ownership, that are bigger than 2 or 3 acres. Attorney Stringer referred to the map at page (29) of the backup and explained the use of the shaded areas, while pointing out the proposed area for the Western Employment Center. He noted the flexibility of the area, stating that up to 1,000 acres within that area can be developed as proposed. It also has certain key elements which are classified as employment generating uses - not shopping centers, not retail -but jobs, office parks, and industrial uses. They hope to center that on the intersection of Citrus Highway and 77h Street. The housing and the retail aspects cannot exceed the employment generation aspects; so it is going to be on a one-to-one basis, and they are not going to approve residential until they are building the employment areas. Attorney Stringer explained that they have some open space standards for land use, and they have some bonuses for single-family housing. Overall, the County did not seem to have a large problem with it, but wanted more detail on the land development guidelines, which Sebastian would provide in time. They plan to integrate it into the major street grid, and were not looking to put a New Town out there. He said the approach Sebastian has is, "we are a Town, a very homogenous Town, with a distinct character," and he did not think it was in their future to have a separate entity out there - a New Town that is technically part of Sebastian, but is not Sebastian. Attorney Stringer stated that they want to grow organically in the traditional sense of its small Town; they want to embrace their small Town, and desired for people to know when they enter and leave the City of Sebastian. Therefore, the urban sprawl issue is important to them, and they do not want to be at the point where you cannot tell when you have reached Sebastian, because you have already gone through 4 July 23, 2008 / Joint Workshop ISBA, Sebastian