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with great benefit. (Letter has been placed on file with the backup in the office of the Clerk <br />to the Board.) <br />Brian Heady, Vero Beach, pointed out this hearing is about a zoning change and not <br />how wonderful Kashi is. He believed increasing density is not a good idea. Some <br />government body must have the courage to just say "no". <br />Edna Perkins, 501 Panoka St., Sebastian, owns two properties in Roseland Gardens. <br />She has been a 27 -year resident of this community. She also was a founding board member <br />of the Friends of St. Sebastian River and is a member of Kashi. Everyone who goes on the <br />river knows the houses on the river are very close to the river and closer than anything Kashi <br />contemplates. The Kashi peninsula will not be touched. She thought that environmental <br />groups have to be very careful not to move into the "not in my backyard syndrome". She <br />knows that Kashi has made every effort to design with nature and not against it. She <br />specified that Kashi is not a developer but is deeply entwined in this community and <br />encouraged the support of the Board. <br />Bruce Barkett offered to respond to any questions. <br />Commissioner Neuberger asked for clarification as to the difference in density of <br />what is possible now and what could occur, and Director Keating responded that presently <br />the property has mostly RS -1 (I unit per acre) zoning and if conventionally developed that <br />way, the actual yield would be significantly less than 78 units. He continued that they could <br />probably get permits to fill a lot of the wetlands in order to get maximum yield. It is difficult <br />to estimate, however. <br />Scott McGuire, Knight, McGuire & Assoc., advised that they had not even done <br />a calculation of laying out an RS- I subdivision and he was not sure it was relevant. The key <br />is that this plan is way under what is allowed. <br />February 18, 2003 <br />16 <br />