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• Planning Director Stan Boling reviewed the project for the Board and noted that there will be some wetland mitigation with a wetland resources permit required. The County required that 15% of the uplands be preserved and the developer is preserving 20%. 435 residents would be allowed under the multi -family zoning while the developer is only proposing 102 residents, or 23% of the allowed amount. Mr. Boling also pointed out that the proposed adult care facility will be a small-scale building, will be located 200 feet south of 5' Street SW, and will be screened by existing mature vegetation with a 30 +-foot-deep buffer. The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard regarding this matter. Attorney Bruce Barkett, 756 Beachland Boulevard, representing Sun -Up, introduced Charlie Block, Architect; Bill McCain, Engineer; and John Swanson, President of Sun -Up. He gave some background on Sun -Up and explained that when a child is born with mental retardation or Downs Syndrome, they are, hopefully, born into a loving family who is able to meet their needs. However, these children would be institutionalized when their parents pass away without such a project as is proposed. The institutions he had seen were dark and forbidding, offering no education or cures. They were in no way hospitals but solely warehouses for people. Now it is thought that if these people can be mainstreamed and live under more normal conditions they can be educated and lead happier, more successful lives. This project meets the general criteria for special exception use and is consistent with the land use and zoning. The traffic and drainage plans have been approved, infrastructure is available and no adverse impacts have been noted. He asked the Clerk to enter into the record his handout containing letters from Governor Jeb Bush, The Salvation Army, the MARCH 12, 2002 -59- ]LLL' J1 • •