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I BOOK W PAGE 25 Director Keating stated that the first agricultural PD was approved in the County in 1994 and 10 have since been approved, all within one mile of the urban service area. These were all 5 -acre lots with 1 -acre homesites. The Comp Plan has a year 2020 time horizon and the County does not have any policies after the year 2020. It is important to consider now these developments which will be there for 50, 60 or 70 years. The County has a population Of 109,587 people now and in 2020 the population should be 154,000, using a low rate of growth. There are 3 options for developing in agricultural areas: (1) exclusively agricultural zoning; (2) extremely low density, and (3) clustered options. The County could (1) not expand the urban service area; (2) allow a "leap -frog" expansion of the urban service area; and/or (3) allow an incremental expansion of the urban service area. He suggested an agricultural lot inventory to assist in determining whether to narrowly interpret clustering or eliminate it. Commissioner Stanbridge questioned the "leap -frog" concept concerning a "new town" designation, and Director Keating responded that the use of that designation is not considered to be leap -frogging. A "new town" has to be almost entirely self-contained and must have a 6 -mile separation from another "new town" development. In response to questioning, Director Keating believed the new development in Fellsmere would not be a "new town" but a standard residential development. Pat Brown expressed her concern about the character of the community. She is a horse rider and a taxpayer and realizes that low-density land use growth will cost a lot. Also, as a business person in the urban service area she has been impacted by the utility assessments and has been told her property is more valuable because of these services. 0 OCTOBER 14, 1999 -24-