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co <br />ONAL <br />AGENCIES - NONE <br />10. PUBLIC ITEMS <br />IO.A. PUBLICHEARING <br />fl <br />✓IENTAL <br />APPROVAL FORA COMMUNITYCENTER (QUASI-.%UDICIAL) <br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR HEARING IS ON FILE IN THE <br />OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />The Commissioners, as requested by the Chairman, divulged ex parte site visits, <br />investigations, and communications, an <br />d affirmed that their decisions would be based on the <br />evidence an <br />d applicable law. <br />In accordance with Attorney Polackwich's declaration that this matter was quasi judicial <br />in nature, the Deputy Clerk administered the Testimonial Oath to all persons who wished to <br />speak at the hearing. <br />Planning Director Stan Boling, through a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file), <br />described and gave staff's analysis on the Pelican Island Audubon Society's ("PIAS") request for <br />a special exception use approval to build a community center for training and educational <br />purposes on a I -acre parcel that is zoned Residential Multi -Family Up to 6 Units Per Acre (RM. <br />6). He stated that PIAS's proposed facility will be located on the south side of Oslo Road, <br />adjacent to the University of Florida's Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (also zoned <br />RM -6), and bordered by several conservation properties. He noted that there is a mitigation <br />plan for the hardwood trees that will be removed, and that over 80% of the parcel will be <br />preserved as open space after the project's completion. Director Boling relayed that both the <br />ASK <br />Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommend that the Board approve the special <br />�caa9S41X 5142 FG 673 <br />July 10, 2012 7 <br />