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to be sent to the Department of Community Affairs which called it the best in the state and <br />wanted to use it as a model. Years came and went, Mrs. Eggert moved up to the Board of <br />County Commissioners, and he was chairman of the PZC. When 10 years had passed, the <br />PZC had to redo the plan. The existing plan was sent to DCA and the same bureaucracy <br />(different people, different philosophy) said the County had created "urban sprawl" with the <br />low density/green space idea and the County needed to stack its people on top of the <br />infrastructure. The new concept was to have sustainable communities where you could walk <br />to the store, to church, to school, and so forth. He hoped the new neighborhood design does <br />work, but it impractical to think all our citizens will be happy with that concept. The Board <br />needs to be practical and protect the environment. Regarding health concerns, he commented <br />that he and his brothers had sprayed pesticides as youths and they are all still alive and he <br />is the youngest of the four and they are all pretty healthy. He felt people over -react to <br />spraying now. He likened the creation of the first Comprehensive Plan to "giving birth to <br />a porcupine". The second one was not easy because they had to overcome the "urban <br />sprawl" philosophy. <br />Chairman Adams pointed out the Board had already overstepped the bounds when <br />they approved the church on 58' Avenue. They knew there would be traffic problems. <br />There is a fine line between property rights and those things that we value about our <br />community. She grew up on a hog and tobacco farm in eastern North Carolina and it is <br />difficult when your neighbors are not involved in the same things. The urban/Ag interface <br />will be a problem that will have to be faced for a long time, particularly along the coastal <br />areas of Florida. She opposed a requirement to build on all the empty lots inside the urban <br />service area. She liked open spaces without people having to live right next to someone else. <br />She thought the solution offered by Mr. O'Haire was liveable because it provides a transition <br />and she would support a transitional zone, particularly on 58' Avenue where the services are <br />October 9, 2000 <br />24 <br />