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• • Dr. Richard Baker, 522 N. Blue Island Lane, Sebastian, advised that the Audubon Society is for controlled growth and specified this is a great opportunity for the Board to keep this idea going. He believed if this was a PD, it would probably come in at 3 units per acre. He read an article by Kevin Doty which stated an opinion that Florida is going broke because the cost of services and demand for infrastructure are not paying for themselves. Dr. Baker thought approval of RS -6 will set a precedent and urged the Board to rezone the property RS -3. He speculated on the challenges engineers will face in widening 58th Avenue. Commissioner Adams asked what the actual build -out would be if the Board were to rezone the property RS -3, and Director Keating responded that it would depend on the design a standard subdivision would yield about 2.5 or 2.4 units per acre and if they wanted a PD, the developer would have to come back to the Board for a public hearing. Commissioner Adams also asked if there were a way to put a caveat that this rezoning is only for this property owner, and County Attorney Collins responded that zoning runs with the land; the property owner is irrelevant. In response to further questioning by Commissioner Adams, Director Keating explained that 3.5 units per acre is probably close to the upper limit the property will yield. Fred Mensing, 7580 129th Street, Sebastian, could not help to solve the Board's dilemma today. He mentioned that in the state of Delaware, the state is buying up Ag rights. He suggested that, instead of buying up conservation land, the County ought to start looking at buying some of the tracts to keep as agriculture and control density. Mr. Barkett thought this has been caught up in a larger debate than the application involves. He commented that when people come to this County, work with staff within the Plan, and receive staff's support, that the Commissioners should support those applications. September 23, 2003 25