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r <br />an Agricultural Economic Enhancement Council to help preserve and maintain agriculture. <br />If a similar council could be established in Indian River County, it could perhaps help. He <br />predicted that if the Board deviates from the present Comprehensive Plan the integrity of the <br />plan will deteriorate. Staff has predicted the urban service area will serve the County for 70 <br />years into the future. If that is true, then there is no present need to look at this change. The <br />Board is faced with an individual landowner wanting to make a change, but timing and road <br />conditions do not justify approving such a change. The domino effect is very real; it can and <br />probably will happen much faster if this request is approved because there will no longer be <br />the now -present buffer area. He stressed that development of the roads there must be the <br />priority; if that problem is resolved, it will make the transition much easier for everyone. He <br />opined that agriculture pays for most of the infrastructure in the county, actually subsidizing <br />the urban areas of the county, but gets nothing in return. By accelerating the transition, <br />some of those subsidizing funds will be lost. The problems will be exacerbated and will <br />have to be addressed sooner or later. He urged the Board to stick to the Comprehensive Plan, <br />but if they are going to deviate, to address the transportation problem first. <br />George Beutell, 5000 16t` Street, favored granting Mr. Clontz relief to develop the <br />property on a one -unit per acre basis. He also wanted to address an 80 -acre piece of property <br />he owns which borders the industrial -commercial node that runs along Oslo Road at 82' <br />Avenue with the same type of problems. He is joining with an adjacent property owner of <br />120 acres to request that their property be included in the urban service area. A traffic study <br />has been done which states there is enough capacity for the development of that property to <br />the maximum of 600 units. He expounded on the risks of civil litigation when agricultural <br />property is properly maintained and objected to the characterization of the "domino effect", <br />calling it a scare tactic. He asked Deputy County Attorney Collins to explain that a rezoning <br />October 9, 2000 <br />18 <br />