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1 But the water is there. We need to use the
2 water to generate the revenue for Montecito district.
3 So I think you have to take some of that into
4 consideration, but I think you're doing a great job. I
5 thank you. I support the project. It looks good, you
6 know. Like I said before, I hope he does more of them
7 in this community because we need people like this that
8 are conscious and thinking of the community as they're
9 building projects because we need to build smart today.
10 Thank you again for your time.
11 MR. BIERIG: Thank you.
12 MR. HARFENIST: Mr. Commissioner, Chairman,
13 my name is Stan Harfenist. My wife and I have lived on
14 Miramar Beach for 14 years. We still feel like
15 newcomers, but we've been here a while. We want the new
16 Miramar Hotel. We live five houses east of the Miramar.
17 We see what all of my neighbors are talking about, this
18 blighted area, every day many times. But at times
19 nothing is better than something bad.
20 We supported the developer when he came in
21 until we discovered that he was going to fill in the
22 western portion of his property in the flood plain. The
23 fill will be over 12 feet high in some areas. It will
24 be above the railroad tracks. Picture it. And it will
25 be held in place by a 13 1/2 foot retaining wall.
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