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BOOK iU 7 PAGE U) Ken Long, 225 31' Avenue SW, noted he had been swom. He is the Senior Pastor at the Church and they presently have an approved school up to second grade. They plan to add a grade each year; starting with kindergarten, then first and second grades. Skip Barkett, 5850 12' Street, noted he had been swom and reiterated his concerns about the traffic, stating that Kings Highway was second only to SR -60 for treachery even before Sam's, Wal-Mart, and all the other recent development. He stated that less than 2 years ago the County denied a request to change the zoning in that area from 5 units per acre to 1 unit per acre. He again asked the Board to consider the children being bused or driven by car twice a day to the area while large flatbed trucks are coming and going to pick up fruit and haul it out. He noted that several groves in close proximity to schools have been forced to do away with spraying because of the potential harm to students. He believed that the groves will eventually disappear because of the schools and the added legal liability to the grove owners. Commissioner Ginn questioned whether Mr. Barkett had raised his family in that area with an active grove in operation, and Mr. Barkett stated that they kept their water tank covered and closed the windows when spraying was taking place. Ron Jaffe, 642012' Street, noted he had been sworn and reiterated his concerns with the additional traffic, stating he passes the current Church several times a day and has noted more than 40 cars in the parking area, sometimes as many as 70. Last Sunday, 11/8/98, at 12:20 p.m., there were 211 cars at the Church. 1211 Street has a deep ditch on the south side and is a dirt road while Kings Highway has a deeper and larger canal on the east side. At the comer of 12' Street and Kings Highway, there have been 3 fatal accidents and 1 near -fatal, his mother-in-law who was critically injured but survived. As a physician, he does not know what these chemicals being sprayed by the groves can do to young minds and bodies. He felt that increasing the buffers was akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. He also noted that his request to build one of his children a house on his property of 7.5 acres was denied by the County about 2 years ago. Lex Kromhout, 6380 12' Street, noted he had been sworn and stated that he is not at all opposed to the Church but is opposed to the school and the impact it will have on that area. He believed that if the Board is going to keep'this as an agricultural area, they must take into consideration the impact of new projects. He felt that asking grove owners in this area to make changes by force is very unfair and asked the Board to do everything possible NOVEMBER 17, 1998 -36- 0 0