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0 <br />multi -family side of the property boundary. If single family is developed, no buffer will be <br />required. <br />The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in <br />this matter. <br />Bruce Barkett, attorney for the Heran family, advised that he was present should <br />there be any questions he might answer. <br />Frank Zorc, 2044 DeLeon Avenue, (CLERKS NOTE: Mr. Zorc was sworn)read from <br />the following prepared remarks: <br />Various comments on the Colonial Heights issue were made at your last meeting For <br />the public record, my recollections & opinion find some correct, & some much In error. <br />In 1981 in good faith, I purchased this land- which dearly was multiple zoned. <br />The Colonial Heights plat met every single requirement and was recommended by staff. <br />The commission then in power, wrongly delayed and withheld approval, due to political <br />persuasion and pressure from some nearby property owners who were unhappy with the <br />legitimate planned subdivision, and long existing multiple zone category. A few political <br />friends were favored in exchange for stripping the civil rights of other citizens. <br />Reference to a "fair deal" was mentioned at the last meeting. As I recall this most "un- <br />fair" deal was like- a gun to my head. Compromise or not get approval. Mr. Vocelle, I <br />offered nothing. I had no choice. You and I are far apart In the adaptation or <br />understanding of the word. fair or justice. <br />We had the use of about 25 more lots in the planned subdivision being held up for <br />approval and Immediate use. Therefore, belng against the wall, I very reluctantly with <br />exasperation agreed to what could be considered coercion and intimidation at the time. <br />For over 10 years I wasted untold time and money trying to market these unusable lots. <br />The damage and loss has not yet been calculated. <br />You might ask why didn't I light the county then? Perhaps I did not have the courage <br />or resources then to enter in a long legal battle to fight government, such as the 3 year <br />ordeal I am yet In to prove most obvious Sunshine Law improprieties by the City. <br />More than once, I tried to show the county that these lots could have been rightfully <br />used as multiple with no harm to nearby developmenW4, was rejected. When <br />government officials d e to give lip service to a particular citizen, and go behind the <br />scenesJwWo 'stances tftt becomes the very Unfair - dead end for the citizen. <br />L. Zoic <br />November 24, 1998 <br />33 <br />P 4p <br />a©K mE <br />